Cycles of Nature Unit Quiz

What are the reasons we have seasons?

• The Sun and the Moon

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's tilt and the Earth's revolution around the Sun

• Because the Sun revolves around the Earth

Answer explanation

The reason for seasons is the Earth's tilt and the Earth's revolution around the Sun

I am the area on Earth that receives the greatest amount of direct, intense sunlight. What am I?

• The equator

• The Northern Hemisphere

• The Southern Hemisphere

• San Antonio

Answer explanation

The equator is the area on Earth that receives the greatest amount of direct, intense sunlight.

What is the name of the process in which a plant begins to grow and sprout?

• precipitation

• germination

• inflation

• evaporation

Answer explanation

Germination is the process in which a plant begins to grow and sprout.

I am the process by which some young animals develop and completely change form as they become adults. What am I?

• microorganism

• metallic

• metamorphosis

• magic

Answer explanation

Metamorphosis is the process by which some young animals develop and completely change form as they become adults. Frogs and butterflies go through metamorphosis.

I am the larva that hatches from the egg of an adult female frog. What am I?

• caterpillar

• froglet

• molt

• tadpole

Answer explanation

A tadpole hatches from a frog's egg.

What is the process by which a liquid changes into a gas?

• freezing

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Answer explanation

Evaporation is the process in which a liquid changes to a gas.

What is the water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Celebration

• Photosynthesis

Answer explanation

Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet or hail.

What is humidity?

• The temperature of the air.

• The amount of water vapor in the air.

• The amount of oxygen in the air.

• The amount of carbon dioxide in the air.

Answer explanation

Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.

We are the three main types of clouds. What are we?

• rain, snow, and hail

• small, medium, and large

• mild, medium, and spicy

• cirrus, cumulus, and stratus

Answer explanation

Cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are the three main types of clouds.

What is a sequence of events that repeats itself again and again?

• A cycle

• history

• your teacher's instructions on a Monday afternoon

• Groundhog Day

Answer explanation

A cycle.