Hydrologic Cycle Review Questions

Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?

Choose the best claim that explains how the sun drives the water cycle (choose 1).

• The sun is the source of energy that powers the water cycle and all its processes including: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, infiltration, and runoff.

• The sun is not a source of energy that powers the water cycle and its processes.

• The sun is the source of energy that powers the water cycle and its processes including: evaporation and transpiration.

• The sun is the source of energy that powers the water cycle and its processes including: precipitation, infiltration, and runoff.

The flow of water on land into a larger body of water, controlled by gravity:

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Transpiration

• Aquifer

What is it called when WATER is FORMED from an LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR Oor an [GAS]?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

What is it called when water is let out through the stomata of plants as water vapor?

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

Select the definition of precipitation from below.

• when water evaporates into a gas

• when water runs off a hill

• water that condensed in the atmosphere and fell to Earth

• when water changes from a solid to a gas without becoming a liquid first

What is the water cycle?

• the continuous movement of water on Earth

• the place where water remains after it rains

Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the land into streams, rivers, and lakes is called...

• accumulation
• runoff
• ground water
• surface water

In what stage of the hydrologic cycle do clouds form?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What can carry pollutants from the soil into rivers and streams?

• runoff water
• sunlight and heat
• water vapor