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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
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The world's largest ocean is the                 Ocean.
  1. Atlantic
  2. Pacific
  3. Arctic
  4. Indian
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which best describes rivers, streams, and lakes?
  1. surface salt water
  2. salty groundwater
  3. fresh groundwater
  4. surface fresh water
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What make oceans bigger?
  1. accumulation
  2. seafloor spreading
  3. estuary
  4. rain
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Water on Earth is never lost. Water changes from a liquid to a gas during                .
  1. evaporation
  2. precipitation
  3. condensation
  4. temperature
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What natural forces cause shorelines to change constantly?
  1. water and wind
  2. sand
  3. animals and plants
  4. tsunamis
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Lake Baikal in Russia is considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. It holds about one-fifth of Earth's liquid, fresh surface water. America's Lake Superior holds the largest volume of fresh surface water in North America.

Which is a correct conclusion that can be drawn from the passage?
  1. Lake Baikal holds one-fifth of the world's water.
  2. Lake Baikal covers more area than any other lake.
  3. Lake Baikal is the world's largest source of drinking water.
  4. Lake Baikal holds a larger volume of fresh water than Lake Superior.
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 correctly orders the oceans from the one that holds the greatest volume to the one that hold the least volume of water?
  1. Southern, Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic
  2. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
  3. Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern
  4. Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern
  5. Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Mia creates a bar graph to compare the amounts of Earth's fresh water and salt water. Which statement best describes Mia's bar graph?
  1. The bars for fresh water and salt water should be about the same length.
  2. The bar for fresh water should be a little longer than the bar for salt water.
  3. The bar for fresh water should be much longer than the bar for salt water.
  4. The bar for salt water should be a little longer than the bar for fresh water.
  5. The bar for salt water should be much longer than the bar for fresh water.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of these is true about water vapor?
  1. It is water in a gas state.
  2. It is water in a solid state.
  3. It is water in a liquid state.
  4. It is water in any state.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
A wall-like structure that sticks out into the ocean is a                .
  1. jetty
  2. topography
  3. delta
  4. sink hole
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology

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Oceans move heat from one place to another by                .
  1. precipitation
  2. El Nino
  3. currents
  4. waves
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
A device used to locate objects and today's scientists use it to map the ocean floor
  1. abyssal plain
  2. seamount
  3. subduction
  4. sonar
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
About how much of Earth's surface is covered with water?
  1. 10%
  2. 25%
  3. 60%
  4. 71%
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The table shows estimates of where fresh water is stored by percentages.
Earth's Fresh Water
SourcePercentage
Lakes0.25%
Glaciers & Ice69%
Rivers0.006%
Groundwater30%
Other<1%

Which statement is a conclusion that can be drawn from the data?
  1. More fresh water is stored in rivers than in lakes.
  2. More fresh water is stored in lakes than as glaciers and ice.
  3. More fresh water is stored as groundwater than as glaciers and ice.
  4. More fresh water is stored as groundwater than in rivers and lakes combined.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which most affects the ocean tides?
  1. Salt
  2. Moon
  3. Sun
  4. Sand
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
A large body of water with land all around it is                .
  1. an ocean
  2. a river
  3. a lake
  4. a creek
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where is water vapor found?
  1. In the air around you
  2. In your breath
  3. Hot steam from a kettle
  4. All of the above
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Forms of precipitation such as rain and snow fall onto areas of land that drain into rivers. These areas are called                .
  1. reservoirs
  2. aquifers
  3. canals
  4. watersheds
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following would most likely be the best source of drinking water?
  1. Atlantic Ocean
  2. Great Salt Lake
  3. Ogallala Aquifer
  4. Lambert Glacier
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