S6E3 Water Cycle Test 2024

Which of the following is an important part of the water cycle?

• mitosis
• erosion
• sedimentation
• precipitation

Believe it or not, most of the Earth's surface is covered with

• ice
• freshwater
• saltwater
• land

a process at which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state

• evaporation
• States of Matter
• gas
• rain

Which of the following is not an example of precipitation?

• sleet
• snow
• rain
• all of the above are examples of precipitation

Which of the following is NOT a step in the water cycle?

• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff
• respiration

when precipitation hits the ground, it is either absorbed, or it flows over the surface of the earth

• gas
• transpiration
• runoff
• water vapor

Believe it or not, most of Earth's freshwater is found in -

• rivers
• lakes
• aquifers
• icecaps and glaciers

Clouds mostly consist of -

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen gas
• nitrogen
• water vapor

Roughly _____________ of the Earth's surface is water.

• 20%
• 50%
• 70%
• 95%

Sun heating up water in a lake and causing to rise in the form of water vapor would be known as -

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration