Name Date Class

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The Water Planet

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item in Column A with the items in Column
B. Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each)

COLUMN A COLUMN B
A. water cycle 1. water vapor changing into a liquid
B. aquif~r' 2. constantmovementof the earth'stotal amountof
C. watervapor water
D
. con ensatIon
d . 3. water in the form of gas
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. precipitatiOn
... 4. undergroundrocklayerthat waterflowsthrough
5. water falling to the earth's surface

DIRECTIONS: Multiple Choice In the blank at the left, write the letter of the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10 points each)

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6. What watercanbe tappedby wells?
A. saltwater C. evaporated
water
B. groundwater D. condensation
7. Almost all the wateron the earth'ssurfaceis
A. saltwater. C. freshwater.
B. condensation. D. watervapor.
0 8. What percentageof the earth'ssurfaceis coveredby water?
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d A. 3 percent C. 70 percent
oJ B. 97 percent D. 100percent ..
~ 9. The two types of water on the earth'ssurfaceare freshwaterand
~ A. groundwater. C. glaciers.
~ B. salt water. D. aquifers.
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10. Rivers, lakes,and oceanscontain water in the form of
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climate
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DIRECTIONS: Matching

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dry.
on
dry.
as
on
called
latitudes
foggy.
the
the
the
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windward
climate
rain
leeward
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seasonal
near
forests
on
the
side
2.
5. 4. 3.
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side
winds
the
Equator are
Date

B
of periods tropical tropical
an moving unpredictable
of
leeward
located
coastal
area's
that
coastal
are
B.Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each)

of
storm
streams storm
bring usual
C.
C. D.
C. C. D.
D.
D.
mountains
side.
time
called
mountain
along at
Tropics. thunderstorms. hurricanes.
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natural tropical
weather systems
changes
much-needed systems
all
of
the
latitudes.
the
ocean
landform.
climate.
is
ranges
that
pattern
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in
called
water
Asia
the
form
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rain
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choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10points each)

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Section 3 QUIZ
Climate Zones and Vegetation

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item in Column A with the items in Column
B.Write the correct letters in the blanks. (10 points each)

COLUMNA COLUMNB
A. savannas 1. areaswith long, cold, snowy winters and short, very
hot summers
B. Mediterraneanclimate
2. areaswith mild, rainy wintersand hot, dry
C. humid continental summers
climate
D. marine west coast climate
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3 1. f al
c Imate 0 coast
th
areas
4. denseforestsin the Tropics
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at get Will from t he ocean

E. rain forests 5. broadgrasslands

with few trees ":j

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choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10 points each) (- ;~'"
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A. subarctic C. Arctic Circle ~,~;~;~)~
B. Mediterranean D. Tropics
7. What term refersto the partly dry grasslandsthat surround many deserts?
! A. tundra C. rain forest

B. savannas D. steppes
u 8. The thick layer of vegetation that forms the top layer of a rain forest is the -
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B. timberline. D. canopy. -.

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A. summer. C. high latitudes.
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