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True-False Quiz



 This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Water vapor from evaporation remains in the atmosphere a relatively long time—usually a week or more.
   
 
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Question 2.
Worldwide evaporation/transpiration balance in time and balance in place.
   
 
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Question 3.
There is 13 percent more water leaving the oceans than precipitating back into it, and 13 percent more water falling on land than evaporating off it.
   
 
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Question 4.
Runoff is that portion of Earth's circulating moisture that moves in the liquid state from land to sea.
   
 
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Question 5.
Most of the Earth's surface is oceanic.
   
 
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Question 6.
The world ocean is divided into four principal parts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Mediterranean oceans.
   
 
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Question 7.
At any given location on the ocean surface, the salinity depends on how much evaporation is going on and how much fresh water is being added.
   
 
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Question 8.
Typically, the lowest salinities are found where rainfall is the least.
   
 
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Question 9.
Seawater density varies with temperature, degree of salinity, and depth.
   
 
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Question 10.
There are generally four hydrologic zones, arranged one below another.
   
 
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