The Water Cycle

Which best describes water moving from land of higher elevation into a river or stream?

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

Energy from the Sun causes evaporation. Why does more evaporation happen from the oceans than from fresh water sources?

• least surface aura and least direct sunlight

• greatest surface area and least direct sunlight

• greatest surface area and most direct sunlight

• lease surface area and most direct sunlight

Which best describes transpiration?

• water that runs off rocks and hard surfaces

• water that is released from plant leaves

• water is is absorbed into clouds from the oceans

• water that seeps into the ground

The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere cools and becomes a liquid is called

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

What are visible mixtures of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air--frozen rain

• hail

• clouds

• sleet

• dew

What two things interact MOST in the water cycle?

• oceans and the Sun

• lakes and the Moon

• oceans and the Moon

• lakes and the Sun

What is ice?

• water in liquid form

• water in solid form

The four types of precipitation are

• Rain, Snow, Sleet, Heat

• Rain, Snow, Sheet, Hail

• Rain, Show, Sleet, Hail

• Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail

The change in water from a liquid to a gas is

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

When water vapor changes to a liquid it is called

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation