- 1. The process by which water vapour leaves the surface of the sea into the air is called _________
A) condensation
B) accumulation
C) evaporation
D) precipitation
- 2. Plants lose water into the air in a process called ________
A) precipitation
B) condensation
C) transpiration
D) evaporation
- 3. The process by which water vapour in the air changes to liquid in clouds is called ______
A) evaporation
B) transpiration
C) precipitation
D) condensation
- 4. The water in clouds fall back to the earth in a process known as __________
A) evaporation
B) transpiration
C) condensation
D) precipitation
- 5. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?
A) sleet
B) snow
C) rain
D) tornado
- 6. An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or rock fractures from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well is called _________
A) aquology
B) aquarium
C) aquiduct
D) aquifer
- 7. The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called ____________
A) hydrogeology
B) hydrochlorology
C) hydrophysiology
D) hydrology
- 8. A bed of low permeability along an aquifer is called ___________
A) aquarium
B) aqualibrum
C) aquitard
D) aquaduct
- 9. The 2 types of aquifers are _____ and __________
A) unbounded and bounded
B) unaccelerated and accelerated
C) unsaturated and saturated
D) unconfined and confined
- 10. The type of aquifer into which water seeps from the ground surface directly above the aquifer is called _______
A) Saturated
B) Unsaturated
C) Unconified
D) Conified
- 11. The type of aquifer in which an impermeable rock layer exists that prevents water from seeping into the aquifer is called _________
A) Conified
B) Saturated
C) Unconified
D) Unsaturated
- 12. The water cycle is also called _________
A) Hydrophobic Cycle
B) Hydrologic Cycle
C) Hydrogenetic Cycle
D) Hydrochloric Cycle
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