Water Cycle-States of Matter Quiz

How will freezing air temperatures most likely affect rain as it falls

through the air?

• It will change to fog.

• It will change to hail.

• It will change to sleet.

• It will continue to fall as rain.

Which is an example of condensation?

• water boiling in a pot

• water being absorbed by plants

• salt being removed from water

• moisture on mirror after hot shower

What part of the water cycle takes place when water from clouds falls back to Earth?

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

In the morning, students observed puddles of water all over the playground. What would

BEST explain why the playground was dry in the afternoon?

• Animals drank the water.

• The wind stopped blowing.

• Someone dried the puddles.

• The water evaporated during the day.

What must occur before clouds can form?

• Water vapor must get warmer.

• Water vapor must lose heat energy.

• Precipitation must begin to fall and run off.

• Transpiration must add water vapor to the atmosphere.

The sun caused the water to go through a physical change. It turned from a liquid to a gas and that is...

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Radiation

• Precipitation

In the winter we often see frozen vapor that falls in flakes, or...

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

Rain, Sleet, Snow, and Hail are examples of forms of water particles that falls from the atmosphere and

reaches the ground, that we call...

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Radiation

• Precipitation

Sometimes it does not snow in winter, we see partly thawed and re-frozen snow flakes, and this is...

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

After water evaporates it rises into the atmosphere and changes state from gas to liquid, and this is...

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Radiation