QUIZS- Unit 4.1 BLAH and Water Cycle

Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for there being different forms of precipitation?

• Evaporation

• Run-off

• Temperature

• Transpiration

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

is the combined water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet.

• biosphere
• lithosphere
• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

Which word best describes how the movement of water in the atmosphere , creates a superhighway in the sky that moves water everywhere over the Earth.

• Transportation

• Infiltration

• Run off

• Evaporation

The layer of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body.

• atmosphere
• mountain
• stratosphere
• ocean

The water cycle has no start or end

• true
• false

What step comes before run off?

• infiltration

• accumulation

• precipitation

• run off

Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold