Quiz about Water Cycle Review (Process & Energy)

Question 1

The water cycle is always in motion

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True

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False

Question 2

What drives the water cycle?

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The Sun

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Evaporation

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Flowing Water

Question 3

Which location(s) could water get stuck or stay put for thousands of years?

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Ice caps, glaciers

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Groundwater

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Plant

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Pond

Question 4

Where is most of the water on the planet stored?

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Ocean

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Atmosphere

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Clouds

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Ice caps / Glaciers

Question 5

In order for water to change phase it must

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be heated or cooled

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get excited

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be put into a freezer

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have a light shined on it

Question 6

The water cycle has no start or end

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true

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false

Question 7

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

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Hydrologic cycle

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Geologic cycle

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Geosphere

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Carbon cycle

Question 8

The major source of energy and the driving energy source of the water cycle. __________________

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Sun

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moon

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ocaen

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atmosphere

Question 9

What is occurring at A in the diagram?

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evaporation

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runoff

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precipitation

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condensation

Question 10

What process is happening at C in the diagram?

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precipitation

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runoff

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condensation

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transpiration

Question 11

The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.

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Infiltration

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Groundwater

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Transpiration

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Evaporation

Question 12

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

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transpiration

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condensation

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evaporation

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sublimation

Question 13

What is the process during which water changes from a liquid to a gas as it heats up?

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Runoff

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Precipitation

Question 14

What step of the water cycle occurs when clouds become too heavy?

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Precipitation

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Condensation

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Runoff

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Evaporation

Question 15

What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

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Condensation

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Runoff

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

Question 16

As water evaporates it enters the air as

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water vapor

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clouds

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rain

Question 17

Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

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cools off and becomes liquid water

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heats up and becomes liquid water

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freezes and becomes ice

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rains on the land

Question 18

Plants exhaling water into atmosphere.

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Transpiration

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Precipitation

Question 19

Water flowing downhill, through gravity, over the Earth's surface, collecting into streams and rivers.

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Runoff

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Precipitation

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Groundwater

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Evaporation

Question 20

What force causes water to fall from the sky to Earth's surface, and to flow downhill from the mountains down to sea level?

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Gravity

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Solar energy

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Magnetism

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Water tension

Question 21

Water stored or flowing underground is called:

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Groundwater

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Suface water

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Dirty water

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Rock water

Question 22

sun

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thermal energy that drives the water cycle.

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water held underground in soil or rock.

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water that falls from clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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the path water takes, and the changes it goes through, as it cycles through the environment.

Water Cycle Review (Process & Energy)

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