LOA/ Water Cycle Test Review

What state of matter is water vapor?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

What is the source of energy for the water cycle?

• Lakes and ponds

• The sun

• Heat

• Oceans and rivers

Fish are dying from insecticides placed on farm crops. What part of the water cycle could deliver insecticide from a farm crop to a river?

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Salt water in a bowl is left all day in the hot sun. After a while, only salt crystals are left in the bowl. What process explains this?

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

Water vapor changes to liquid water during which process?

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Which of the following are forms of solid water on Earth?

• ice and rain

• fog and rivers

• glaciers and hail

• water vapor and snow

What process is occurring that makes the child's breath become visible in the cold air?

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

The processs by which water vapor evaporates through small pores in the surface of plant leaves is called?

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Water soaking into the earth's surface and moving through soil or porous layers of rock becomes

• surface water flow

• groundwater flow

What will happen after it rains if the ground is permeable (porous/dry?)

• water will sit on it

• water will soak into it

• water will runoff