Water Cycle Vocabulary 2025 Quiz

________ is a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet, moon, or other celestial body.

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

________ is the solid outer shell of the Earth.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Core

________ is the part of the Earth that is water.

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

________ is the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals, and bacteria.

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

________ is the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.

• Water cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

________ is the change of state from a liquid to a gas usually at the surface of a liquid.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Freezing

• Sublimation

________ is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through the stomata.

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Osmosis

________ is the change of state from a solid directly to a gas.

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Melting

________ is the change of state from a gas to a liquid.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Freezing

________ is any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration