Water Cycle Quiz

What is the process called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Collection

Which term describes any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

What is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to earth as precipitation called?

• Water Cycle

• Collection

• Runoff

• Infiltration

What is the change of state from a gas to a liquid known as?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Collection

What happens when precipitation falls to Earth and collects in rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Collection

• Evaporation

What is the term for water that soaks into the Earth?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Collection

• Precipitation

What is precipitation that flows downhill on Earth surfaces called?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Collection

• Evaporation

What do we call drops of water that fall through air that is above freezing?

• Snow

• Sleet

• Rain

• Hail

What forms when water vapor turns into ice crystals called snowflakes?

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

What is rain that freezes as it falls to Earth called?

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Rain