Water Cycle

Collection of streams along the watershed that supply water to a system is called a

• wetlands

• natural spring

• river system

• geyser

More than 97% of Earth's total water supply is found in _____.

• groundwater

• oceans

• glaciers

• lakes

Type of hot spring that is forced out of passage by heated gases and steam

• natural spring

• river system

• aquifer

• geyser

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from the_____.

• Earth

• Sun

• Ocean

• rain

Location of groundwater flows out of cracks in the rock

• aquifer

• natural spring

• well

• wetland

Huge, slow-moving mass of ice and snow

• glacier

• aquifer

• geyser

• ice-cap

Area of land that is covered with shallow layer of water

• river system

• river system

• wetlands

• aquifer

Collection of water in a hollow, or low-lying area of land

• wetlands

• lake

• well

• river system

The process that produces water vapor from bodies of water is _______________.

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

Once water makes its way through the entire water cycle, the water:

• disappears

• stays in the same stage

• starts the cycle again

• starts a different cycle