Water Cycle and Ground Water Quiz

When water vapor condenses it changes from a

• Gas to a liquid
• Gas to a solid
• Liquid to a gas
• Liquid to a solid

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What is the water cycle powered by

• Earth gravitational Pull

• Moon

• The Sun

• Solar System

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The downward movement of water into the soil is called ?

• osmosis

• infiltration

• transpiration

• evaporation

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The water that is stored below Earth's surface. It usually can be accessed through wells and or pump.

• surface water

• groundwater

• vapor water

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An area of land where all of the waters that is under it are collected, or drains off of it collects into the same place.

• water table

• watershed

• water cycle

• river beds

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Water pollution is coming from

• chemicals in herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers

• water treatment plants

• fishing

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A process to remove the major contaminants from used or sewage water and convert it into a reusable one to recharge the aquifer

• water restoration process

• wastewater treatment process

• disinfection and purification process

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Clouds are made of:

• Water vapor

• Water droplets or ice crystals

• Frogs

• Toxic chemicals

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Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor from tiny pores on the back of the leaf ?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration