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Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Letter G on the water cycle diagram shown can best be described as                    .
Water Cycles
  1. water runoff
  2. water infiltration
  3. groundwater flow
  4. groundwater storage
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the Earth's spheres is best represented by the diagram?
Water Cycles Simple
  1. biosphere
  2. geosphere
  3. atmosphere
  4. hydrosphere
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
The water cycle is also called the                  .
  1. rock cycle.
  2. hydrologic cycle.
  3. carbon cycle.
  4. nitrogen cycle.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What natural hazard is derived from the Japanese word, which means "harbor wave?"
  1. Hurricane
  2. Typhoon
  3. Tsunami
  4. Volcano
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
  1. gravity
  2. transpiration
  3. the oceans
  4. the Sun
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What force is mostly responsible for tides?
  1. the gravity of the Sun
  2. the gravity of Earth
  3. the gravity of the Moon
  4. wind
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Who is in the most danger from a tsunami?
  1. a person flying in an airplane
  2. a person hiking up an inland mountain
  3. a person playing in the sand on a coastal beach
  4. a person on a cruise ship floating in deep ocean water
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
The regular rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline.
  1. Gravity
  2. Meteor
  3. Meteorite
  4. Tides
  5. Moon Phases
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the engine that powers the water cycle?
  1. Sun
  2. Earth
  3. Water
  4. Grass
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
More than 97 percent of the water on Earth is fresh water.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
A                 is a large wave caused by an underwater earthquake.
  1. seafloor spread
  2. vent
  3. volcano
  4. tsunami
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Only about how much of available water on Earth is fresh water?
  1. 97%
  2. 1%
  3. 50%
  4. 3%
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
In the water cycle, water moves from oceans to the atmosphere by
  1. evaporation.
  2. condensation.
  3. precipitation.
  4. runoff.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
The water cycle is Earth's way of
  1. getting rid of water.
  2. recycling water.
  3. chemically changing water.
  4. increasing the water supply.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is Earth's hydrosphere?
  1. the gases in the air
  2. the solid, rocky part of Earth
  3. all of the water on the planet
  4. the study of Earth's atmosphere
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
                is water which has accumulated on TOP of the ground.
  1. Rain
  2. Groundwater
  3. Surface water
  4. Precipitation
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four major stages of the water cycle?
  1. precipitation
  2. collection
  3. runoff
  4. evaporation
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where are the oceans located?
  1. on top of the oceanic plates
  2. on top of the continental plates
  3. in holes in the crust
  4. none of the above
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
This sphere has three different kinds of water: salt water, freshwater and ice.
  1. biosphere
  2. cryosphere
  3. geosphere
  4. hydrosphere
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following is an example of condensation?
  1. falling snow
  2. cloud formation
  3. breathing in and out
  4. rainwater seeping into soil
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