Water Cycle

Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• Plants
• Animals
• Electrical Outlet
• The sun

What is evaporation?

• Water freezes
• Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into liquid.
• Water gets warm & changes from liquid water to water vapor.
• Plants take in water from the soil.

What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds?

• Condensation
• Precipitation
• evaporation
• Transpiration

From where does most water evaporate?

• Oceans
• Lakes
• Puddles
• Ponds

What is the only compound in nature that can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas?

• Helium
• Oxygen
• Water
• Hydrogen

What are the three main stages of the water cycle?

• Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
• Condensation, precipitation, hibernation
• Precipitation, dehydration, evaporation
• Transpiration, dehydration, condensation

Where is water vapor found?

• In the air around you
• In your breath
• Steam from a kettle
• All of the above

What is the correct term for plants releasing water from their leaves, which then evaporates?

• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Precipitation

Where does some water from the water cycle collect underground?

• Aquafers
• Aqua Parks
• Aquariums
• Aqueducts

The picture shows a glass of cold water. Where did the water on the outside come from?

• It leaked through the glass.
• The glass is in the transpiration stage
• It condensed from the warmer air meeting the cold glass
• The water is precipitating through the glass.