Hydrosphere Pre-Assessment

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Name:

1. What is the hydrosphere?

2. Fill in a Venn Diagram about fresh water and salt water. State at least
two similarities and two differences between fresh water and salt
water.
Fresh water

Salt Water

3. Where do we find most of the salt water on Earth?

4. Where do we find most of the fresh water on Earth?

5. Is fresh water or salt water denser? How do you know?

6. Do objects tend to float or sink in salt water?

7. Below is
a picture
of the
water
cycle.
Write the
terms

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off, and collection on the

correct arrow on the map.

8. What is one example of condensation?

9. What is one example of evaporation?
10.
Draw a bar chart or pie graph for the data below. This data
shows the amount of fresh water in glaciers, underground, and at the
Earths surface.
Surface/other fresh water
Ground water
Glaciers/Icecaps

1%
30%
69%

11.

Name two things that can affect the water cycle.

12.

How can human activity affect the water cycle?

13.

What is a barometer?

14.

What is a rain gauge?

15.

What is a snow gauge?