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The water cycle - quiz 1
Log in to GEO and try this 15-question A-level quiz to see how much you know about the water and carbon cycle.
You will need to download Figure 1 and Figure 2 here to complete this quiz.
If you haven't already done it work through the 'Water cycle' web unit to learn more. Or look at it again to help fill in any gaps in your knowledge about the stores and flows in the water cycle system, the human impacts and water scarcity.
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QUIZZES // The water cycle quiz 1
Q1. Referring to figure 1, which process of transfer from the atmosphere to the land surface is represented by the letter X?
Interception
Infiltration
Precipitation
Condensation
Q2. Referring to figure 1, which storage by vegetation is represented by letter Y?
Interception
Infiltration
Precipitation
Condensation
Q3. Referring to figure 1, which process of transfer from the land surface into the soil is represented by letter Q?
Interception
Infiltration
Precipitation
Condensation
Q4. Referring to figure 1, which process of transfer from the atmosphere to the land surface is represented by the letter Z?
Interception
Infiltration
Precipitation
Condensation
Q5. Which of the following is not an example of a store within the drainage basin water cycle?
Groundwater
Rivers and lakes
Cryosphere
Precipitation
Q6. Where are the typical stores of water within the hydrosphere?
Percolation, rivers, lakes and aquifers
Oceans, rivers, groundwater flow and evapotranspiration
Soil moisture, aquifers, oceans and lakes
Marshland, rivers, precipitation and atmosphere
Q7. Referring to figure 2, of all of Earth’s water sources, which is the closest approximation (to two decimal places) of the percentage of fresh liquid water stored in lakes and rivers?
˂ 0.01%
˃ 0.11%
˃ 1.00%
˂ 0.10%
Q8. Which of the following is a definition of evapotranspiration?
A change in physical state from a gas to a liquid as a result of cooling, e.g. from water vapour to liquid water in the atmosphere
Over time, there is a balance in the inputs and outputs within the drainage basin through natural dynamic equilibrium
Every available space between soil particles is filled with water
Water is lost from the drainage basin to the atmosphere by a combination of plants losing water from their stomata and liquid water on the surface changing state into water vapour
Q9. The rate of overland flow is affected by all but one of these physical factors: which one is the exception?
The river peak discharge and size of the river
Whether the drainage basin sits on permeable or impermeable rock
The density of the vegetation, and therefore the interception rate in the drainage basin
The rate of precipitation and antecedent rainfall
Q10. Which of the following are all naturally occurring variations affecting the volume of river discharge within a defined drainage basin over time?
Land use change, evaporation, soil water and abstraction
Seasonal variations, deforestation, type of precipitation and groundwater pollution
Storm events, seasonal variations, type of precipitation and antecedent soil moisture
Antecedent soil moisture, afforestation, precipitation and soil water
Q11. Evapotranspiration is an example of which part of the water cycle within the global water cycle?
Input
Output
Store
Process
Q12. What is a rock that holds water in the pore spaces between rock particles called?
Impermeable
Permeable
Porous
Non-porous
Q13. What is a rock that has interconnected pore spaces, allowing water to travel between them, called?
Impermeable
Permeable
Porous
Non-porous
Q14. What is a rock that cannot store water, as it has no pore spaces, called?
Impermeable
Permeable
Porous
Non-porous
Q15. What is a rock that does not allow water to travel through it called?
Impermeable
Permeable
Porous
Non-porous
Finished!
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