Water Cycle Quiz

What is the process by which water evaporates from bodies of water and falls back to the earth as precipitation?

• Water cycle
• Water treatment
• seasons

• Waterfall

What powers the water cycle?

• Sun
• Wind
• Moon
• Stars

What is the term for the process where water changes from liquid to vapor and rises into the atmosphere?

• Evaporation
• Collection
• Transpiration
• Condensation

What is the term for the process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid, forming clouds?

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Collection
• Transpiration

What is the term for water falling from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Runoff

What is the term for water that falls from the sky in the form of liquid droplets?

• Rain
• Hail
• Snow
• Sleet

What term is used to describe the process by which plants absorb water through their roots and release it into the air through their leaves?

• Transpiration
• Condensation
• Percolation
• Evaporation

In the water cycle, what is the process by which water flows over the land and into bodies of water like rivers and lakes?

• Runoff
• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Percolation

What is the process that involves water being collected in lakes, rivers, and oceans from precipitation?

• Collection
• Condensation
• Infiltration
• Evaporation

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air