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Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
In the water cycle, the Sun's energy causes
  1. evaporation.
  2. condensation.
  3. precipitation.
  4. percolation.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Evaporation is
  1. when warm air condenses on a cold glass.
  2. when plants give off water vapor.
  3. when water is stored in the ground.
  4. when water heats and turns into water vapor.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the lowest point of a wave called?
  1. Trough
  2. Wave Height
  3. Wavelength
  4. Crest
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Deep ocean currents are the result of which process?
  1. conduction
  2. radiation
  3. convection
  4. evaporation
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following is an example of precipitation?
  1. falling snow
  2. cloud formation
  3. breathing in and out
  4. rainwater seeping into soil
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
All of the water on Earth is part of the                .
  1. lithosphere
  2. atmosphere
  3. hydrosphere
  4. biosphere
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology

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The diagram represents the water cycle. Which letter best shows groundwater?
Water Cycles
  1. G
  2. H
  3. I
  4. J
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
An ocean current is                                                       .
  1. surface water flowing in a certain direction
  2. large sections of air with same atmospheric conditions
  3. height of object above Earth
  4. water that evaporates into the air
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the type of water vapor that comes from plants?
  1. transportation
  2. hibernation
  3. transpiration
  4. condensation
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
As time goes by, and water goes through the water cycle again and again, the amount of water on Earth mostly
  1. increases.
  2. decreases.
  3. stays the same.
  4. goes up and down.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
This Earth Science studies how human activities, such as oil spills, affect Earth's oceans.
  1. astronomy
  2. meteorology
  3. geology
  4. oceanography
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Ocean currents are influenced by                                ,                                 and the position of the continents.
  1. deep currents, surface currents
  2. global winds, Coriolis effect
  3. waves, swells
  4. global winds, white caps
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Water coming out of the atmosphere is
  1. transpiration.
  2. precipitation.
  3. condensation.
  4. evaporation.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
In the collection stage of the water cycle, water finds itself back in the oceans, streams, and rivers by way of
  1. the suction force of large bodies of water.
  2. gravity and the fact that things flow downhill.
  3. animals that carry water back.
  4. people.
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
Water frozen in glaciers and polar ice sheets are in what sphere?
  1. atmosphere
  2. biosphere
  3. cryosphere
  4. geosphere
Grade 6 Oceanography and Hydrology
The part of the water cycle in which the Sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor is
  1. humidity.
  2. evaporation.
  3. precipitation.
  4. condensation.
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