Team Water Cycle & Pollution Review

What is a spring?

• evaporation from plants
• an aquifer overflows onto the land
• gas changed to liquid water
• changing of snow or ice to water vapor

____________________ is stored in the spaces between soil and rock beneath the Earth's surface.

• Groundwater
• Ice
• Salt water
• Runoff

The hydrologic cycle(water cycle) includes all of the following steps, except:

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Infiltration
• purification

Which is not a part of the water cycle?

• evaporation
• condensation
• pollution
• precipitation

True or False:  Condensation is when a liquid becomes a gas.

• True
• False

What is rainwater that flows into streams and rivers from surface areas?

• spit
• erosion
• runoff
• sand bar

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation