Water Cycle and Related Concepts Quiz

This is the process that describes how water is exchanged or cycled through Earth’s land, ocean, and atmosphere.

• Hydrologic cycle

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transpiration

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This is the process of water collecting in different bodies of water.

• Accumulation

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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It is known as the water part of the Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

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This water category has salinity between freshwater and seawater.

• Brackish water

• Saltwater

• Freshwater

• Groundwater

It is the process of changing gas to liquid.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

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It is the process of changing liquid to gas.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation

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Through this process, plants are able to release water vapor to the air.

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

• Erosion

• Deposition

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It describes any liquid or solid water that falls on Earth as a result of condensation in the atmosphere.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Accumulation

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It is the process by which precipitation or water soaks into subsurface soils and moves into rocks through cracks and pores.

• Infiltration

• Percolation

• Accumulation

• Erosion

This describes the variety of ways liquid moves across land.

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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