Water Cycle & Properties of Water

What is an aquifer?

• An underground area of rock and soil that is soaked with water.

• A freshwater source that is frozen year round.

• A river that runs through a mountain.

• An open area where glaciers melt.

Evaporation is a state change from?

• Ice to liquid.

• Liquid to gas.

• Gas to solid.

• Crystals to water.

The __________ is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere.

• Hydrosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

What part of the water cycle takes place when any form of water falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Water accumulation

• Precipitation

What part of the water cycle takes place when water vapor sticks to particles in the air and forms clouds?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Water accumulation

During the water cycle, when water changes to a solid is is during which step?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

During the water cycle, when water changes to a liquid it is during which step?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

During the water cycle, when water changes to a gas it is during which step?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

What provides energy in the water cycle?

• The moon tides

• The sun

• The gravitational pull on the north pole

When a plant releases water through its leaves is called...

• precipitation

• leakage

• condensation

• transpiration