Unit 4 Review

When water travels through soil and rock

• condensation

• infiltration

• evaporation

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Evaporation

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• to unload or empty the contents of something

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

Answer explanation

Transpiration

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• to unload or empty the contents of something

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

Answer explanation

By which process does water move from Earth's surface into aquifers?

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Infiltration: when a substance travels though another material, like when water travels down through soil and rock.

The process by which water vapor turns from a gas to a liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

• precipitation

Answer explanation

The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 1?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 2?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 3?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• precipitation

• condensation

The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 4?

• transpiration

• surface runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

What is the primary energy source driving evaporation?

• Lightning

• solar radiation

• hydrothermal vents

• convection in Earth's mantle