Water Cycle Quiz: 2

Water that is gas is also known as...

• liquid

• water cycle

• water vapor

• ice

Visible water on Earth's surface is known as...

• groundwater

• water vapor

• surface water

• precipitation

Water that runs over the land to waterways, being neither absorbed into the Earth nor evaporated.

• run-off

• play-off

• push-off

• groundwater

_______ is the process by which plants give off water.

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

Water vapor cools and forms visible droplets of water in which stage of the water cycle?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• run-off

What provides the energy that makes the water cycle possible?

• the sun

• the moon

• electrical lines

• wind

Choose all that apply.

Which are places where water is stored after it rains?

• a sink

• a lake

• a pond

• an ocean

What do we call it when precipitation soaks into the ground?

• precipitation

• infiltration

• condensation

• run-off

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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