Water Cycle Pre Quiz

About 97% of the water on Earth is stored in what?

• Rivers

• Ponds

• Oceans

• Clouds

The process of water warming up and moving from Earth to clouds is called what?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transportation

• Liquidation

About what percent of the Earth's water supply is available as fresh water?

• 12.5%

• 3%

• 21%

• 75%

All of the following are precipitation except

• Rain

• Snow

• Glaciers

• Fog

When water moves from plants to the atmosphere it is called what?

• Evaporation

• Liquidation

• Transpiration

• Transportation

Most of the water on Earth is how old?

• 100,000 years

• billion years

• ten thousand years

• million years

Condensation is when water vapor turns into what

• ice

• liquid

• gas

• foam

Water Cycle: the process of water moving through the _______________ and the atmosphere.

Water that is not absorbed and makes its way back to oceans, streams, or lower areas

• Glaciers

• Evaporation

• Surface runoff

• Precipitation

All of the following are forms of water except

• Solid

• Liquid

• Soil

• Vapor