Lesson 5.1
5.1 The global hydrological cycle Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 7
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What two energy sources drive the global hydrological cycle?
- Geothermal and friction
- Wind and tides
- Solar and gravity
- Nuclear and magnetic
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Which water store contains the largest proportion of Earth's water?
- Groundwater
- Atmosphere
- Ice sheets
- Oceans
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Which global water store contains the smallest volume of water?
- Oceans
- Groundwater
- Cryosphere
- Atmosphere
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Why is the global hydrological cycle classified as a closed system?
- Fixed total water
- External water inputs
- Expanding atmospheric volume
- Continuous energy loss
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Which water store has a residence time of thousands of years?
- Soil moisture
- Ice caps
- Rivers
- Atmosphere
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What does the term residence time mean in a hydrological context?
- Average storage time
- Flow rate speed
- Maximum water capacity
- Total store volume
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What is the approximate residence time of water in the atmosphere?
- Nine days
- Nine years
- Nine hours
- Nine months
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What drives the primary flow of water evaporation from oceans to atmosphere?
- Solar energy
- Wind speed
- Geothermal heat
- Gravitational pull
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Where is the majority of Earth's freshwater stored?
- River channels
- Freshwater lakes
- Ice caps
- Deep aquifers
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What percentage of total global water is freshwater?
- 10.0%
- 2.5%
- 0.5%
- 25.0%
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What name is given to deep, unreplenished groundwater stores?
- Fossil water
- Surface runoff
- Perched water
- Soil moisture
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What type of system is the global hydrological cycle?
- Closed system
- Static system
- Isolated system
- Open system
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Which store loses water volume due to global atmospheric warming?
- Lithosphere
- Atmosphere
- Cryosphere
- Oceans
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What percentage of global freshwater is easily accessible liquid surface water?
- Around 25%
- Less than 1%
- Over 50%
- Around 10%
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Which water store is considered effectively non-renewable on human timescales?
- Atmosphere
- Fossil aquifers
- Soil moisture
- River channels
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Which water store has the shortest average residence time?
- Oceans
- Groundwater
- Atmosphere
- Ice sheets
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What proportion of Earth's total water volume is saline oceanic water?
- 90.0%
- 75.0%
- 97.5%
- 85.5%
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Which flow transfers water from the land surface back to oceans?
- Surface runoff
- Percolation
- Evapotranspiration
- Infiltration
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Which term describes the movement of water between global stores?
- System outputs
- Stores
- Boundary inputs
- Flows
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What energy source drives the global hydrological cycle?
- Nuclear energy
- Geothermal energy
- Solar energy
- Tidal energy
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