Water Cycle Quiz

What is precipitation?

• The sweat from our bodies on a hot day.
• The gas that we use in ovens.
• Any form of water that falls from the sky.
• Warm rain, but not cold snow or sleet

What is the water cycle?

• The process through which water evaporates.
• The path water takes from Earth to the clouds and back again.
• The path water takes to a mountain top.
• The process of water falling from clouds.

Which of these describes evaporation?

• Water vapor becomes a liquid.
• Plants lose water through their leaves.
• Water comes down and must go up.
• Water warms up and becomes a vapor.

What would most likely happen if it didn't rain in a certain area for a long period of time?

• Animals and plants would live the same way they always do.
• Animals would drink all the water and die.
• Plants would die, animals wouldn't receive nutrients from plants.
• Nutrients would get into plants and animals a different way.

What is the process in which water vapor changes to liquid?

• aviation
• evaporation
• condensation
• water runoff

What do water droplets form?

• clouds
• aviation
• nutrients
• clowns

Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• plants
• animals
• the sun
• the moon

What is evaporation?

• water freezing
• water vapor meets cold air and turns into a liquid
• water gets hot and turns into water vapor
• plants take water from the soil

What is moisture from the air / clouds falling to the ground called?

• condensation
• precipitation
• hibernation
• evaporation

From where does most water evaporate?

• puddles
• rivers
• lakes
• oceans