Topic 4: Water (part 1)
10 review questions with answers for Topic 4: Water (part 1), marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
The global system of water stores (oceans, ice, groundwater, atmosphere) connected by flows?
- Hydrological cycleRight answer
- Water security
- Evapotranspiration
- Water scarcity
All 10 questions and answers
The global system of water stores (oceans, ice, groundwater, atmosphere) connected by flows?
Answer: Hydrological cycle
Water entering the soil from the surface?
Answer: Infiltration
Downward movement of water through soil layers?
Answer: Percolation
Combined water loss from soil evaporation and plant transpiration?
Answer: Evapotranspiration
Direct transformation of ice/snow to water vapour without passing through liquid phase?
Answer: Sublimation
Wind-driven movement of water vapour or clouds horizontally through the atmosphere?
Answer: Advection
Underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that stores groundwater, which can be extracted through wells?
Answer: Aquifer
Having reliable access to sufficient safe drinking water?
Answer: Water security
Limited availability of water due to actual physical shortage or lack of infrastructure?
Answer: Water scarcity
Removal of salt from seawater to produce freshwater (e.g. by reverse osmosis)?
Answer: Desalination
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.