Water Cycle Practice

True or False: Precipitation is the process by which any form of water falls from the atmosphere onto the surface of the Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Runoff occurs when precipitations falls onto the ground and doesn't move down, it instead moves over the land towards surface water sources.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: Infiltration occurs when precipitations falls onto the ground and moves downwards through the soil.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: Evaporation is a phase change of water from a liquid to a gas.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

True or False: Transpiration is the process by which plants uptake water through their roots and then release the unused water through their leaves.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

True or False: Condensation refers to the phase change of water from a gas to a liquid.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

True or False: Sublimation refers to the phase change of water from a solid to a gas.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

True or False: An aquifer is a layer of underground rock which holds water and that water can flow from one area to another. People who get freshwater from wells will often have the well dug into an aquifer.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: Water exists in all 3 states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) on Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

True or False: Water expands, making it less dense, when it changes from a liquid to a solid and this is why ice floats in water.

• True

• False