Water Cycle Diagram

Choose all of the things that can affect or pollute a watershed.

• lawn chemicals

• litter

• pet waste

• factories and power plants

Where can the cycle begin

• Ocean

• Sand

• Mountain

• Lake

According to the diagram, what are the reservoirs of carbon? (Select more than one...)

• Oceans

• Vegetation, Soil, & Rock

• Fossil Fuels (underground)

• Atmosphere

Which will most likely form during the condensation process?

• rain
• hail
• clouds
• runoff

Rivers, springs, and aquifers are all-

• sources of fresh water

• located above ground

• human-made structures

• frozen in water

Water Droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• transpiration

What biome is this?

• rain forest

• deciduous forest

• Taiga

• tundra

Identify the cycle pictured.

• water cycle
• carbon cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• phosphorus cycle

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration