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Water
Assessment
These are the questions and answers to the
Assessment Quiz.
1. The land area that drains all the surface
water runoff into a
stream or river is called a Watershed.
2. Earth's surface water is held in two different
kinds of water bodies:
Salt Water
and Fresh Water.
3. The attraction of one water molecule to
another water molecule
is called Cohesion.
4. The attraction of water molecules to materials
like plastic, glass, or
veins is called Adhesion.
5. The bond between the hydrogen and oxygen
that form the water
molecules is a Weak
bond.
6. In a Liquid
state the molecules are moving more slowly that they
move in the gaseous
state.
7. Water in the solid state has an interesting
property, as it freezes
it Expands,
and as it cools, it Contracts.
8. Geography
effects where water is found.
9. Water comes to Earth as Precipitation
in the form of rain, sleet, or snow.
10. Evaporation
is the process that makes the water cycle work.
11. Precipitation flows as Runoff
into streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans.
12. Water pollution has been attributed to
three main causes:
Human
population growth, Industrialization,
and Natural resource development.
13. The average person uses 150
gallons of water per day.
14. Water Contamination is different from
water pollution.
15. In a water molecule Hydrogen has
Two molecules.
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