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Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the correct sequence for the following water cycle steps?
  1. evaporation, precipitation, condensation
  2. precipitation, condensation, evaporation
  3. evaporation, condensation, precipitation
  4. condensation, evaporation, precipitation
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
All of Earth's water is considered to be in the                .
  1. hydrosphere
  2. atmosphere
  3. geosphere
  4. exosphere
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is an ocean?
  1. large body of salt water
  2. the land along the edge of the ocean
  3. up and down movement of surface water
  4. repeated rise and fall in level of the ocean
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The table shows approximate volumes of ocean water by percentage.
Ocean Water Volume
OceanPercentage
Arctic1.5%
Atlantic23.5%
Indian20%
Pacific49.5%
Southern5.5%

Which statement is a conclusion that can be drawn from the data?
  1. The Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest of the five oceans.
  2. The Pacific Ocean holds the largest volume of water.
  3. The volume of water stored in each ocean will change depending on the season.
  4. The volume of water stored in each ocean has changed because of continental drift.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The highest part of the wave is called the                .
  1. crest
  2. guyot
  3. trough
  4. upwelling
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where is most of Earth's liquid water found?
Planet Earth - Small
  1. oceans
  2. atmosphere
  3. lakes and rivers
  4. soil and groundwater
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?
  1. cloud formation
  2. the Sun
  3. lakes and streams
  4. condensation
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Water cycles through the                    and                    parts of an ecosystem.
  1. clouds - living
  2. living - nonliving
  3. food - garden
  4. rain - sun
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where is water vapor found?
  1. In the air around you
  2. In the air you breathe
  3. In a pot of boiling water
  4. All of the above
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What percentage of water is salt water?
  1. 75%
  2. 2%
  3. 97%
  4. 90%
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Most of Earth's fresh water is in glaciers.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Underwater volcanoes are
  1. seamounts.
  2. mid-ocean ridges.
  3. continental shelves.
  4. abyssal plains.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Ocean water is                .
  1. salty
  2. odorless
  3. tasteless
  4. sweet
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the land that borders the continents?
  1. abyssal plain
  2. trench
  3. continental shelf
  4. ocean ridge
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Rain, sleet, snow, or hail are forms of water in which stage of the water cycle?
  1. runoff
  2. condensation
  3. precipitation
  4. evaporation
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What causes tides?
  1. gravity of Moon
  2. gravity of Sun
  3. rotation of Earth on its axis
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Earth is covered by                 of water.
  1. 1/2
  2. 2/3
  3. 3/4
  4. 1/5
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the name of a moving stream of water in the ocean?
  1. convection current
  2. ocean current
  3. cold front
  4. ocean wave
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is groundwater?
  1. moving air
  2. the build-up of water on Earth's surface
  3. huge bodies of air
  4. a form of fresh water that is found under Earth's surface
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
About what percent Earth's surface is covered with water?
  1. 75 percent
  2. 78 percent
  3. 65 percent
  4. 95 percent
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