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Aerial view, extreme long shot, looks down as the Limpopo River winds its way through Southern Mozambique. Credit: TSGT Cary Humphries.

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1 Complete the text:

The swirls of tan, green, blue, and white are most likely

in the water. Some of the color may come from

2 Which of the following is not a prominent contributor associated with the bluish color of water on Earth?

	the blue sky
	chlorophyll
	dissolved organic matter
	cyanobacteria
	decomposition processes from dead organic matter such as plants
	highly organic soils

What is the blue-radiation source [hint: planet] in the image at right?

4 Yes or No, The pale green patterns tinting the water along the Namibian coast in late February 2012 indicated high concentrations of sulfur.

	TRUE
	FALSE

5 What are pale green when viewed through the water of the Persian Gulf fringing the shoreline and islands of the UAE in a Landsat image?

6 Which of the following strongly influence phytoplankton blooms in the northern Arabian Sea?

	seasonal wind shifts
	the monsoon
	southwesterly winds
	large-scale ocean circulation
	northeast winds in winter
	landlocked to the north

7 What underwater events are the milky green swirls in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of El Hierro due to?

8 Which of the following phenomena are associated with earthshine?

	reflected earthlight
	the Moon's night side
	the tachocline
	a test of vegetation
	the Pacific Ocean
	ashen light

9 True or False, Water as with any fluid under the influence of forces like gravity takes on the shape of its container.

	TRUE
	FALSE

10 Yes or No, Hydrology is a science concerned with the properties of the Earth's water, especially its movement in relation to land.

	Yes
	No

11 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the apparent liquid-object Earth?

	rain
	snow
	hail
	neutron emission
	polar coronal holes
	meteor emission
	rotation

12 True or False, A hydrometeor is a precipitation product.

	TRUE
	FALSE

13 A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas or plasma in a narrow cone of particles?

14 Yes or No, Hydrology as used in the processing of radioactive materials is called radiohydrology.

	Yes
	No

15 Which of the following is a phenomenon associated with the Pacific Ocean?

	borders the Arabian peninsula
	occupies nearly a complete hemisphere of the Earth
	separates Brazil from the Congo
	few or no canyons and scarps on its bottom
	surrounds Greenland
	drains the Mediterranean

16 Yes or No, The study of the ecological processes associated with hydrology is called ecohydrology.

	Yes
	No

17 A terrestrial planet is composed primarily of?

18 Yes or No, The science that uses dendrochronology to investigate and reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as river flow and past lake levels, is called hydrodendrology.