Hydrologic Cycle Practice Test

Match the following

• Condensation

• liquid water absorbs thermal energy and becomes water vapor.

• Infiltration

• Trees release water vapor from the stomata.

• Precipitation

• rain, sleet, snow, freezing rain, grip, graupel, etc.

• Transpiration

• Water penetrates the ground and becomes groundwater.

• Evaporation

• cloud formation when water vapor turns to liquid.

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Match the following

• deposition

• Solid ice turning directly into water vapor

• acquifer

• Permeable rock serving as underground storage for water.

• sublimation

• Water vapor turning directly into ice.

• runoff

• imaginary line that shows where the ground is completely saturated with water.

• water table

• water unable to infiltrate the ground flows downhill

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Reorder the following from lowest density to highest density.

• gas

• plasma

• liquid

• solid

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation

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Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

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Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?

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Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?

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What is C?

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What is B?

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What is      D?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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