WATER CYCLE QUIZ

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

The change of state from a gas to a liquid.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

The downward movement of water through soil and rock due to gravity.

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Percolation

Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and the ocean.

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Percolation

The water evaporates from the leaves of plants and moves into the air.

• Percolation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

The water beneath the Earth's surface.

• Runoff

• Ground water

• Watershed

A rock's ability to let water pass through it.

• Percolation

• Saturation

• Permeability

The continuous movement of water between the Earth and its atmosphere.

• Water Table

• Water cycle

• Percolation

A rock layer that stores ground water and allows it to flow.

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Saturation

The region of land drained by a river system.

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Saturation