Complete the following questions by selecting the corresponding letter which matches the
correct answer.
a) orographic
b) frontal
c) convectional
d) conductional
a) latent heat
b) radiant heat
c) evaporative heat
d) transmissive heat
4. Clouds are formed when 100% relative humidity is reached. This is called:
a) saturation point
b) precipitation point
c) condensation point
d) frost point
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6. From year to year, the hydrological cycle operates where there is:
a) 1,2&3
b) 4
c) 1,2,3&4
d) 1&2
a) b and c
b) a and b
c) c and d
d) a and d
a) fraction
b) percentage
c) ratio
d) index number
a) liquid to gas
b) gas to liquid
c) gas to solid
d) liquid to solid
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11. Which of the following lists is correct regarding examples of precipitation?
I B
C D
H
E
F
a) H
b) D
c) I
d) C
a) C
b) I
c) A
d) E
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15. The state of water located at letter H would be:
a) ice
b) water vapour
c) liquid
d) all of the above
a) surface run-off
b) prevailing winds
c) transpirationl
d) insolation
LIST 1 LIST 2
a) 2
b) 3&4
c) 4
d) 1&4
18. Surface run-off involves the water that flows above ground on the surface of the
earth. It is affected by:
a) slope
b) permeability of the soil
c) vegetation
d) intensity of rain
e) all of the above
19. Porosity:
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20. Which of the following major water stores contains the greatest volume of water?
a) oceans
b) glaciers
c) lakes
d) atmosphere
e) groundwater
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a) orographic rain
b) conventional rain
c) frontal rain
d). cyclonic rain
e) convectional
22. The following diagram of the mountain barrier below illustrates which rainfall type?
a) orographical
b) convectional
c) frontal
d) cyclonic
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23. Rain falls to earth on which side of a mountain barrier?
a) windward side
b) ocean side
c) leeward side
d) inland side
24. In comparison to the windward side, the leeward side of a mountain usually tends to
be:
a) windier
b) cooler
c) wetter
d) drier
The correct order of the above statements that best describes the process of
convectional rainfall is:
a) 3,4,1,5,2
b) 2,3,4,5,1
c) 3,4,5,1,2
d) 4,3,1,5,2
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28. The dotted line in the diagram below of convectional rainfall indicates:
ground
*29. When roots disturb surface material by pushing up through the soil surface a
depression storage is produced. By what other name is a depression storage known?
a) puddle
b) dip
c) pan
d) pool
a) an aquifer
b) an aquiclude
c) an aquiduct
d) a lake
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*32. Which of the following is not an example of salinity?
a) urban salinity
b) dryland salinity
c) irrigation salinity
d) groundwater salinity
e) river salinty
33. Salinity, often called White Death, poses a great environmental concern. Practices
that will contribute to this problem include:
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