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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HYDROSPHERE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HYDROSPHERE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 The unending circulation of Earth's water supply - ANSWER Water cycle A bend in a stream - ANSWER Meander The material a stream carries in a solution - ANSWER Dissolved load What forms whenever the ground surface and water table intersect - ANSWER Spring Percentage of Earth's surface covered by the global ocean - ANSWER 71 percent The location where new ocean floor forms - ANSWER Mid-ocean ridge The three categories of ocean floor sediments - ANSWER Hydrogenous Sediment Biogenous Sediment Terrigenous Sediment Two main factors that influence the density of sea water - ANSWER Temperature & salinity The ocean layer where there is a rapid change of density with depth - ANSWER Pycnocline The source of most waves' energy and motion - ANSWER Wind What is the course that a stream follows called? - ANSWER Stream Channel What is the volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given time called? - ANSWER Discharge What is the steepness of a stream channel called? - ANSWER Gradient What is the distance that water travels on a period of time called? - ANSWER Velocity What are artificial leeves? - ANSWER Earthen mounds built on river banks What causes floods? - ANSWER Mostly caused by rapid snowmelt and storms What are flood control dams? - ANSWER Structures that store floodwater and let it out slowly What is a cavern? - ANSWER A naturally formed underground chamber What is a stalactite? - ANSWER A dripstone feature that forms on a cavern ceiling What is a stalagmite? - ANSWER A dripstone feature that forms on a cavern floor What is erosion? - ANSWER A natural process that forms caverns What is the shallowest ocean? - ANSWER Arctic Which ocean is located almost entirely in the southern hemisphere? - ANSWER Indian Which ocean is about half the size of the Pacific? - ANSWER Atlantic Which is the largest and deepest ocean? - ANSWER Pacific What is an abyssal plain? - ANSWER A flat feature formed when sediments settle to the bottom of the ocean

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HYDROSPHERE
TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
The unending circulation of Earth's water supply - ANSWER Water cycle



A bend in a stream - ANSWER Meander



The material a stream carries in a solution - ANSWER Dissolved load



What forms whenever the ground surface and water table intersect - ANSWER Spring



Percentage of Earth's surface covered by the global ocean - ANSWER 71 percent



The location where new ocean floor forms - ANSWER Mid-ocean ridge



The three categories of ocean floor sediments - ANSWER Hydrogenous Sediment

Biogenous Sediment

Terrigenous Sediment



Two main factors that influence the density of sea water - ANSWER Temperature & salinity



The ocean layer where there is a rapid change of density with depth - ANSWER Pycnocline



The source of most waves' energy and motion - ANSWER Wind



What is the course that a stream follows called? - ANSWER Stream Channel



What is the volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given time called? - ANSWER Discharge

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