Water Cycle Quiz

The water cycle is also called the _____ cycle.

• ocean
• rain
• hydrologic
• hydrogen

_____ is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.

• Precipitation
• Evaporation
• Transpiration
• Perspiration

A heat source is necessary for evaporation to occur.

• heat source

• battery

• sublimation

• precipitation

The hotter it is, the faster water changes into water vapor.

• colder

• hotter

• softer

• louder

_____ is the process of a solid changing into water vapor without melting.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Melting

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through the process of _____.

• perspiration
• transpiration
• sublimation
• precipitation

The process in which water vapor loses thermal energy and becomes liquid water is called _____.

• condensation
• cloud
• sublimation
• sleet

Water released from clouds can fall to the earth in these forms:

• rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, moth balls
• snow, rain, cats, freezing rain
• sleet, rain, snow, freezing rain
• freezing rain, sleet, dogs, ice cubes

Where is water stored in the water cycle? (Choose the best response.)

• volcanoes, ice, socks, atmosphere, Venus

• groundwater, oceans, volcanoes, ice

• rock cycle, oceans, atmosphere, volcanoes

• atmosphere, ocean, groundwater, ice

When water (precipitation) does not get absorbed into the soil or evaporate into the atmosphere, it becomes _____.

• runoff

• gravity

• clouds

• precipitation