Hydrological Cycle Key Terms Quiz

What is the term for water falling from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Throughflow

• Precipitation

What is the process of water turning into vapor and rising into the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

• Throughflow

What is the term for the flow of water over the land surface?

• Surface run off

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Interception

What is the term for the lateral movement of water in the soil layer?

• Throughflow

• Precipitation

• Interception

• Evaporation

What is the process of water seeping into the soil called?

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

• Interception

• Evaporation

What is the term for the process of water vapor turning into liquid water?

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Interception

• Precipitation

What is the term for water stored beneath the Earth's surface in soil and rock layers?

• Groundwater

• Throughflow

• Permeable

• Impermeable

What is the term for a material that does not allow water to pass through it?

• Impermeable

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Groundwater

What is the term for the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth?

• Water cycle

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Surface run off

What is the term for a material that allows water to pass through it?

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Surface run off

• Transpiration