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