What is NOT true about evapotranspiration?
A. It is a land-based part of the hydrologic cycle.
B. It comes from plants, soils, and other surfaces.
C. It involves the return of water to the land surface.
D. It is a combination of evaporation and transpiration.
E. It involves a smaller amount of water than evaporation from bodies of water.
Question 2Under which conditions would evaporation take place at the quickest rate?
A. warm air over cold water
B. cold air over warm water
C. warm air over warm water
D. cold air over cold water
E. evaporation occurs at a constant rate
Question 3What is true about waters phase changes and latent heat?
A. When water freezes, latent heat is absorbed. B. When water evaporates, latent heat is released. When water condenses, latent heat is absorbed. D. When water melts, latent heat is absorbed. E. When water sublimates, latent heat is released.
Question 4What is the phase change in which water changes from a solid directly to a gas?
A. sublimation
B. melting
C. evaporation
D. freezing
E. condensation
Question 5Which property of water means it can physically break apart rock as mechanical weathering?
A. hydrogen bonding
B. capillarity
C. universal solvent
D. liquidity
E. ice expansion
Question 6What is the process by which water travels upward through small crevasses?
A. evaporation
B. capillarity
C. condensation
D. sublimation
E. liquidity
Question 7What is the characteristic of water molecules that gives water a sticky quality?
A. hydrogen bonding
B. strong polarity
C. covalent bonding
D. liquidity
E. surface tension
Question 8What is NOT true about the hydrologic cycle?
A. Water evaporates into the atmosphere.
B. Water is continuously moving through the cycle.
C. Water moves across and under the surface.
D. Water condenses into clouds and precipitation.
E. Water is interchanged only in its liquid state.
Question 9Which term describes the coupling of weather and oceanic events in one part of the world with those in another?
A. teleconnections
B. geography
C. interconnections
D. open system
E. interdependence
Question 10What is the cold water phase of ENSO?
A. the Walker Circulation
B. El Nio
C. La Nia
D. the PDO
E. the NAO
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