The Water Cycle

Water is stored in:

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Clouds

• All the above

Most precipitation falls as _________.

• Snow

• Freezing Rain

• Rain

• Hail

Which process in the water cycle involves water vapor cooling and changing back into liquid form?

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

___________% of Earth’s water can be found in the oceans.

• 50%

• 30%

• 10%

• 70%

The evaporation of water out of the leaves of plants happens during which step?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

What is the primary source of energy that drives the water cycle?

• Wind

• The Moon

• Earth's Core

• The Sun

Clouds play a significant role in the movement and storage of water on our planet

• True

• False

When snow melts, the water that is not soaked up by the ground will runoff or flow to another location.

• True

• False

Some of the water that precipitates does not runoff into the rivers and is absorbed by the plants or gets evaporated. It moves deep into the soil. This is called Sublimation.

• True

• False

The water on our planet is the same water that was here millions of years ago. However, it is continuously moving and being recycled through the water cycle.

• True

• False