Water Cycle and Goundwater

what is it called when liquid changes into gas

• evaporation
• condensation 
• water
• water vapor

Number 4 in the diagram illustrates what part of the water cycle? 

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Runnoff
• Precipitation 

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

What percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater?

• 75%
• 3%
• 1%
• 97%

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower
• faster

The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.

• more mixed
• smaller
• larger

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

• Choice 1
• Choice 2
• Choice 3
• Choice 4

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water