Unit 1: Water Systems 1. What percent of the earth’s water is salt water? A) 1 B) 2 C) 66 D) 97 2. You have 4 glasses of water. Glass W is very salty and glass X has very little salt. Glass Y was taken from the tap and glass Z is pond water. Based on this information, in which glass would an object be best able to float? A) W B) X C) Y D) Z 3. What is the region on earth covered in water? A) Atmosphere B) Biosphere C) Hydrosphere D) Lithosphere 4. What is the density of salt water? A) 1.000 kg/L B) 1.027 kg/L C) 1000 kg/L D) 1027 kg/L 5. What is happening when the sun dries water from a puddle? A) Condensation B) Evaporation C) Precipitation D) Sublimation 6. Based on the graph, which sample would have the smallest population of marine species? A) W B) X C) Y D) Z 7. What tide is shown in the following diagram? A) High tide B) Low tide C) Neap tide D) Spring tide 8. Based on the graph, what is the relationship between temperature and dissolved oxygen levels? A) As dissolved oxygen increases, temperature is constant B) As dissolved oxygen decreases, temperature decreases C) As temperature increases, dissolved oxygen is constant D) As temperature increases, dissolved oxygen decreases 9. Based on the graph, which substance has the highest heat capacity? A) W B) X C) Y D) Z 10. Which is a characteristic of El Nino? A) Cooling of the ocean B) Decrease in trade winds C) Increase in marine productivity D) Less drought or flooding
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Unit 1: Water Systems
1. What percent of the earth’s water is salt water?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 66
D) 97
2. You have 4 glasses of water. Glass W is very salty and
glass X has very little salt. Glass Y was taken from the
tap and glass Z is pond water. Based on this information,
in which glass would an object be best able to float?
A) W
B) X
C) Y
D) Z
3. What is the region on earth covered in water?
A) Atmosphere
B) Biosphere
C) Hydrosphere
D) Lithosphere
4. What is the density of salt water?
A) 1.000 kg/L
B) 1.027 kg/L
C) 1000 kg/L
D) 1027 kg/L
5. What is happening when the sun dries water from a
puddle?
A) Condensation
B) Evaporation
C) Precipitation
D) Sublimation
6. Based on the graph, which sample would have the
smallest population of marine species?
A) W
B) X
C) Y
D) Z
7. What tide is shown in the following diagram?
A) High tide
B) Low tide
C) Neap tide
D) Spring tide
8. Based on the graph, what is the relationship
between temperature and dissolved oxygen levels?
A) As dissolved oxygen increases,
temperature is constant
B) As dissolved oxygen decreases,
temperature decreases
C) As temperature increases, dissolved
oxygen is constant
D) As temperature increases, dissolved
oxygen decreases
9. Based on the graph, which substance has the
highest heat capacity?
A) W
B) X
C) Y
D) Z
10. Which is a characteristic of El Nino?
A) Cooling of the ocean
B) Decrease in trade winds
C) Increase in marine productivity
D) Less drought or flooding
11. You accompany a scientist to the lake to test your
drinking water quality. You are in charge of reading the
pH level. What do you hope your pH reading will be?
A) 1.5
B) 4
C) 7
D) 10.5
12. What is the region identified by “B” in the diagram?
A) Abyssal Plain
B) Continental shelf
C) Continental slope
D) Mid-ocean ridge
13. What type of ocean technology allows us to identify
ocean features and predict weather changes?
A) Satellites
B) SCUBA
C) Sonar
D) Submersibles
14. What is the name of the part labelled “B”?
A) Crest
B) Trough
C) Wave height
D) Wave length
15. Which would represent a swell?
A) Wave collapses onshore with a tumble of water
B) Wave is steady with a smooth movement of water
C) Wave is not constant with a rough movement of
water
D) Wave is choppy with a rough movement of water
16. Which represents a sea arch?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
17. How does salinity affect deep water
currents?
A More dense Sink
B More dense No effect
C Less dense Sink
D Less dense No effect
18. Which contributed to overfishing?
A) Bilge water
B) Deep sea submersbles
C) Factory freezer trawlers
D) Technical diving
19. What is the main factor responsible for
tides?
A) Coriolis effect
B) Gravitational attraction between
earth and moon
C) Tolerance to seasonal temperature
changes
D) Upwelling areas
20. What process is represented by “C” in the
following diagram?
A) Condensation
B) Evaporation
C) Precipitation
D) Sublimation
21. In the Bay of Fundy the high tide has been
measure to be 6m, while the low tide was
measure to be 0.5 m. What is the tidal range for
the Bay of Fundy?
A) 3 m
B) 5.5 m
C) 6 m
D) 12 m
A
B
C
23. Which describes how water is distributed on earth?
A) Evenly distributed; 97% salt, 2% frozen,
1% fresh
B) Evenly distributed; 97% fresh, 2% salt, 1%
frozen
C) Unevenly distributed; 97% fresh, 2% salt,
1% frozen
D) Unevenly distributed; 97% salt, 2%
frozen, 1% fresh
24. What is an area in which water from rivers and
streams drain?
A) Drainage basin
B) Ground water
C) Stream
D) Wetland
25. What problem can increased turbidity create for
ecosystems?
A) Cold water forced to the surface attracts
more organisms
B) It produces toxic chemicals that contain
phosphorous and oxygen
C) Suspended particles block sunlight needed for
photosynthesis
D) Waste waters can increase temperatures and
decreases solubility
26. Which is a characteristic of La Nina?
A) Cooling of the ocean
B) Decrease in marine productivity
C) Decrease in trade winds
D) More extreme drought
29. What do we call the removal of sediment, sand, soil
and rock?
A) Erosion
B) Glaciations
C) Tectonics
D) Volcanoes
30. Which is a characteristic of mid-ocean ridges?
A) Can be quite narrow
B) Only found in the Atlantic Ocean
C) Oldest part of the ocean
D) Rise up to 3000 m above the sea floor
TYPO. “km” should be “m”
31. Where does the Gulf Stream come from and what
does it bring with it?
A) Cold water from the East
B) Cold water from the South
C) Warm water from the East
D) Warm water from the South
32. The earth’s crust is made up of solid, rocky
ground. Which term best describes that part of the
earth?
A) Asthenosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Hydrosphere
D) Lithosphere
33. It took 340 J of energy to raise the temperature of
water by 1 degree Celsius. What is this called?
A) Convection
B) Heat Capacity
C) Specific Heat Capacity
D) Thermals
34. What do we call waves that hit shorelines?
A) Breakers
B) Ocean waves
C) Swells
D) Tsunamis
35. What process involves the breakdown of rocks
into smaller particles?
A) Deposition
B) Erosion
C) Foraging
D) Weathering
36. Beginning with the Sun’s heat causing water to
evaporate, which describes the correct water cycle
process?
A) Collection, Condensation, Evaporation,
Precipitation
B) Condensation, Evaporation, Collection,
Precipitation
C) Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation,
Collection
D) Precipitation, Evaporation, Collection,
Condensation
38. What is a crest?
A) Bottom of a wave
B) Distance between 2 waves
C) Height of a wave
D) Top of a wave
39. What is “B” in the following diagram?
A) Arch
B) Cave
C) Stack
D) Stump
40. What is the name of the part labelled “A”?
A) Crest
B) Trough
C) Wave height
D) Wave length 41. Why is Newfoundland foggy?
A) Cold Gulf Stream and Cold Labrador
Current Mix
B) Cold Gulf Stream and Warm Labrador
Current Mix
C) Warm Gulf Stream and Warm Labrador
Current Mix
D) Warm Gulf Stream and Cold Labrador
Current Mix
48. How does the earth’s spin affect surface currents?
A) As currents flow over the spinning earth their
paths change.
B) The faster the wind is blowing, the greater the
current
C) Warm water will continually be pushed to the
surface by cold water
D) When they hit the shoreline they change
Direction
42. Which of the following affects surface currents?
A) Earth’s Spin
B) Temperature
C) Salinity
D) Volcanoes
43. What are deep water currents?
A) Exist within the top 50 m
B) Exist within the top 200 m
C) Exist below 50 m
D) Exist below 200 m
44. How could the Hibernia Oil Field affect marine
environments?
A) Creates spills and leakages of oil
B) Makes sustainable harvesting possible
C) Provides shelter for marine organisms
D) Transforms coral reefs into upwelling areas
45. What process describes the formation of ocean
basins due to the splitting of one large supercontinent
into smaller parts of land that floated away from each
other on plates?
A) Continental drift
B) Erosion
C) Plate tectonics
D) Volcanic action
46. What process describes hot molton lava rising
from the earth, cooing and falling into basins, creating
ocean basins?
A) Continental drift
B) Erosion
C) Plate tectonics
D) Volcanic action
47. What type of underwater technology is shown in
the photo?
A) Satellite
B) SCUBA
C) Sonar
D) Submersible
49. How does temperature affect deep water currents?
A) As currents flow over the spinning earth their
paths change.
B) The faster the wind is blowing, the greater the
current
C) Warm water will continually be pushed to the
surface by cold water
D) When they hit the shoreline they change
direction
50. What is a continental margin?
A) Area between ocean basin and shoreline
B) Area between a continent and an island
C) Distance between two oceans
D) Distance between two continents
51. Water has a high heat capacity. What does this
mean?
52. Which describes El Nino?
60. Which of the following best describes the order of
the processes in the water cycle?
A) evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off
B) evaporation, condensation, run-off, precipitation
C) evaporation, precipitation, run-off, condensation