7-8TH GRADE

Choose the correct order of events in the water cycle.

• precipitation, condensation, evaporation

• precipitation, condensation, evaporation evaporation,

• precipitation condensation, evaporation, precipitation

• precipitation, condensation evaporation, condensation,

Permeable materials allow water to easily flow through them. Which of the following is the most permeable material?

• sediment with large pore spaces that connect together

• sediment with small pore spaces that connect together

• sediment with large pore spaces that do not connect together

• sediment with small pore spaced that do not connect together

pollution that comes from a specific site

• air pollution

• point source pollution

• dump site

• water pollution

What is the flow of water during and after precipitation called?

• runoff

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

This is the process where a liquid becomes a gas.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

Waves change a shoreline by erosion and

• precipitation

• deposition

• evaporation

• condensation

Which of the following is least permeable?

silt clay sand gravel

• hummus

• gravel

• sand

• clay

Many elements of weather such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind and visibility are affected by , which is driven by the energy of the Sun and the amount of water in the air.

• the carbon cycle

• the water cycle

• the rock cycle

• photosynthesis

Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. As these droplets collide and grow, they fall back to Earth as .

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

an underground layer of rock that water continually moves through

• aqueduct

• aquarium

• aquifer

• marina