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Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the name of the cycle that includes the steps: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
  1. The Krebs Cycle
  2. The Water Cycle
  3. The Carbon Cycle
  4. The Lunar Cycle
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What type of glacier is confined by local topography?
  1. Alpine glacier
  2. Continental glacier
  3. Iceberg
  4. Crevasse
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the name of the area of land that is drained by a river system?
  1. Tributary
  2. Watershed
  3. Meander
  4. Erosion
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Desalination is the process of what?
  1. Removing the salt from ocean and seawater
  2. Adding salt to fresh water
  3. Pumping water from underground aquifers
  4. Purifying water contaminated with pollutants
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following is NOT a stage of the water cycle?
  1. Evapotranspiration
  2. Desalination
  3. Precipitation
  4. Condensation
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Milankovitch theory could be used to try to explain which of the following?
  1. the cause of glacial periods on Earth
  2. the beginning of the solar system
  3. the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs
  4. the cause of diabetes
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is defined as the amount of space between particles?
  1. Porosity
  2. Permeability
  3. Aquifer
  4. Hot springs
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What forms when a large chunk of ice breaks off of an ice shelf?
  1. Iceberg
  2. Crevasse
  3. Aquifer
  4. Ice age
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is a stream's gradient defined by?
  1. Steepness
  2. Velocity
  3. Discharge
  4. The water cycle
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the name of the sharp, jagged ridge that forms between cirques?
  1. Arete
  2. Horn
  3. Crevasse
  4. Moraine
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which are giant whirlpool-like currents out in the ocean?
  1. Maelstroms
  2. Gyros
  3. Tidal Pools
  4. Gyres
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the name of the deep, bowl-like feature produced by glacial erosion?
  1. Cirque
  2. Valley
  3. Horn
  4. Iceberg
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What occurs as stream flow drops below the critical settling velocity of a certain particle size?
  1. Sediment
  2. Delta
  3. Deposition
  4. Tributaries
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
What type of water has a high concentration of dissolved minerals?
  1. Soft water
  2. Hard water
  3. Hot water
  4. Cold water
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Delta is
  1. an accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean.
  2. a ridge made up of mostly of coarse sediments that parallels some streams.
  3. part of a stream's load of solid material that is made up of sediments.
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
The balance between what two processes will determine a region's water budget?
  1. Desalination and Condensation
  2. Evaporation and Condensation
  3. Precipitation and Evaporation
  4. Precipitation and Condensation
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following is a feature NOT often exhibited by glaciers?
  1. Crevasses
  2. Icebergs
  3. Artesian springs
  4. Ice shelves
Grade 12 Oceanography and Hydrology
Streams generally erode their channels, lifting loose particles by which process?
  1. Abrasion
  2. Deposition
  3. Condensation
  4. Evaporation
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