Water Cycle

What is another name for the water cycle?

• The hydrological cycle

• The aqua cycle

• Evaporation

• The sun cycle

What powers the entire water cycle?

• Wave power

• Wind power

• Heat from the sun

• Hydro-electricity

The process of liquid water turning into a gas (water vapour) is known as:

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

When water lands on the ground as precipitation, some of it sinks into the soil and joins underground rivers or becomes part of groundwater. This process is known as:

• Precipitation

• Surface run-off

• Infiltration

• Condensation

As water vapour rises into the air, it cools down and changes to tiny drops of water. When these drops gather together, we see these as clouds. This process is known as:

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Condensation

Plants take in water through their roots and then heat from the sun causes water to leave the plants through their leaves. This process is known as:

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Infiltration

When the water droplets in clouds become too heavy in the atmosphere they fall to the ground in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. This process is known as:

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Surface Run-Off

After water falls to the ground in the form of precipitation, some of it flows along the ground before returning into rivers, lakes and oceans. This process is known as:

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Surface Run-Off

• Transpiration

In order, the stages of the water cycle occur from:

• Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, infiltration & surface run-off

• Condensation, evaporation, precipitation, infiltration & surface run-off

• Heat from the sun, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration & surface run-off

• Infiltration, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, surface run-off & evaporation

Which stage in the water cycle does this image represent?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Infiltration