Grade 5 - Hydrologic Cycle

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• sun

• wind

• rain

• oceans

Which of the following is an example of precipitation?

• sleet

• hail

• snow

• all of the above

A student draws a model to represent the precesses involved in the water cycle, as shown. To which process is the formation of clouds related?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

• Melting

Warmer temperatures always lead to precipitation because there is more evaporation happening

• True

• False

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

What is not a stage in the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Drizzle

• Runoff

Another name for the Water Cycle is the

• Moisture Cycle

• H2O Cycle

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Drenched Cycle

The process by which water gathers back into bodies of water, like rivers, lakes, and oceans, after precipitation

• Precipitation

• Crystallization

• Condensation

• Collection

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

The water cycle has no start or end

• true
• false