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GES Exam 2 Questions And Answers.
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How much of Earth's surface water exists in the oceans? - Answer✔almost all
Which ocean is earths largest? - Answer✔pacific
What does the hydrologic cycle describe? - Answer✔The hydrologic cycle describes how liquid
and gaseous water move between the ocean, atmosphere, and land.
How does water get from the oceans onto land? - Answer✔Ocean water evaporates to form
gaseous water and moves into the atmosphere, where it condenses into liquid water and falls
out of the atmosphere to land as rain.
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What would happen to atmospheric water if Earth were mostly covered with land? -
Answer✔The atmosphere would contain less water.
What would happen to the oceans if surface runoff and groundwater flow did NOT occur? -
Answer✔The oceans would become smaller.
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Which of the following is the primary step that allows water to enter the groundwater system?
- Answer✔infiltration
Which of the following statements about the global water supply is true? - Answer✔Decreased
precipitation could impact water supply available for humans.
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Rank the following sources of water from largest to smallest in terms of percentage of the
world's total supply. - Answer✔oceans, glaciers, groundwater, non-glacial ice and snow, lakes,
rivers
Which of the following processes increase ocean salinity? - Answer✔evaporation
What two elements make up the most abundant seawater salt? - Answer✔sodium, chlorine
The state of matter in which water is densest - Answer✔liquid (water)
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the state of matter in which water molecules are most energetic - Answer✔gas (vapor)
the state of matter in which water is compressible - Answer✔gas (vapor)
the state of matter of steam rising from a cup of coffee - Answer✔liquid (water)
the state of matter in which water molecules vibrate about fixed locations - Answer✔solid (ice)
the state of matter of frost on grass - Answer✔solid (ice)
Which term describes the process by which water vapor changes to the liquid state? -
Answer✔condensation
When water changes directly from gas to solid without occurring as a liquid, which process is
taking place? - Answer✔deposition
When water changes from one state to another, which process releases more heat energy? -
Answer✔deposition
On a clear, sunny winter day with an outside temperature of -10ºC, you hang your freshly
laundered clothes outside. In the morning when you hung them out, the wet clothes quickly
froze, but went to being completely dry by afternoon. What change of state has occurred in the
water? - Answer✔sublimation
After mowing the lawn on a hot, hazy, humid day, you get a large glass from the kitchen and fill
it with ice and water. Immediately, drops of liquid water form on the outside of the glass.
Which change in the state of water are you observing on your glass? - Answer✔condensation
Which of the following is an example of sublimation? - Answer✔change from ice to water vapor
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What must break in order for water to change from solid to liquid to gas? - Answer✔hydrogen
bonds between water molecules
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How much heat energy is needed to melt 1 gram of ice? - Answer✔80 calories of heat energy
Why does temperature NOT initially increase as energy is added after ice begins to melt? -
Answer✔The added energy is used to break hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
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What physically breaks hydrogen bonds between water molecules as ice melts? -
Answer✔movement of water molecules
What do we call the energy used to melt ice once the ice becomes water? - Answer✔latent
heat of water
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GES Exam 2 Questions And Answers.
Updated And Verified.
How much of Earth's surface water exists in the oceans? - Answer✔almost all
Which ocean is earths largest? - Answer✔pacific
What does the hydrologic cycle describe? - Answer✔The hydrologic cycle describes how liquid
and gaseous water move between the ocean, atmosphere, and land.
How does water get from the oceans onto land? - Answer✔Ocean water evaporates to form
gaseous water and moves into the atmosphere, where it condenses into liquid water and falls
out of the atmosphere to land as rain.
Submit
What would happen to atmospheric water if Earth were mostly covered with land? -
Answer✔The atmosphere would contain less water.
What would happen to the oceans if surface runoff and groundwater flow did NOT occur? -
Answer✔The oceans would become smaller.
Submit
Which of the following is the primary step that allows water to enter the groundwater system?
- Answer✔infiltration
Which of the following statements about the global water supply is true? - Answer✔Decreased
precipitation could impact water supply available for humans.
Submit
Rank the following sources of water from largest to smallest in terms of percentage of the
world's total supply. - Answer✔oceans, glaciers, groundwater, non-glacial ice and snow, lakes,
rivers
Which of the following processes increase ocean salinity? - Answer✔evaporation
What two elements make up the most abundant seawater salt? - Answer✔sodium, chlorine
The state of matter in which water is densest - Answer✔liquid (water)
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the state of matter in which water molecules are most energetic - Answer✔gas (vapor)
the state of matter in which water is compressible - Answer✔gas (vapor)
the state of matter of steam rising from a cup of coffee - Answer✔liquid (water)
the state of matter in which water molecules vibrate about fixed locations - Answer✔solid (ice)
the state of matter of frost on grass - Answer✔solid (ice)
Which term describes the process by which water vapor changes to the liquid state? -
Answer✔condensation
When water changes directly from gas to solid without occurring as a liquid, which process is
taking place? - Answer✔deposition
When water changes from one state to another, which process releases more heat energy? -
Answer✔deposition
On a clear, sunny winter day with an outside temperature of -10ºC, you hang your freshly
laundered clothes outside. In the morning when you hung them out, the wet clothes quickly
froze, but went to being completely dry by afternoon. What change of state has occurred in the
water? - Answer✔sublimation
After mowing the lawn on a hot, hazy, humid day, you get a large glass from the kitchen and fill
it with ice and water. Immediately, drops of liquid water form on the outside of the glass.
Which change in the state of water are you observing on your glass? - Answer✔condensation
Which of the following is an example of sublimation? - Answer✔change from ice to water vapor
Submit
What must break in order for water to change from solid to liquid to gas? - Answer✔hydrogen
bonds between water molecules
Submit
How much heat energy is needed to melt 1 gram of ice? - Answer✔80 calories of heat energy
Why does temperature NOT initially increase as energy is added after ice begins to melt? -
Answer✔The added energy is used to break hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
Submit
What physically breaks hydrogen bonds between water molecules as ice melts? -
Answer✔movement of water molecules
What do we call the energy used to melt ice once the ice becomes water? - Answer✔latent
heat of water
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