3.4 Hydrological cycle

Nutrient cycles are driven directly or indirectly by which two things?

• Water and Sun’s energy

• Wind and Earth’s gravity

• Nitrogen and Phosphorus

• Carbon and Transpiration

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Evaporation is the conversion of ____________ water to water ____________.

• Liquid, vapor

• Solid, vapor

• Liquid, solid

• Gas, liquid

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Gravity draws the water back to the Earth’s surface as ____________________.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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What are the three forms of precipitation?

• Rain, snow, sleet

• Dew, fog, mist

• Hail, frost, dew

• Cloud, mist, fog

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What part of the plant is responsible for drawing water up from the ground?

• Roots

• Leaves

• Stem

• Flowers

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When plants use evaporation to release excess water, it is called?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Respiration

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After precipitation falls on land and flows over land surfaces into streams, rivers, lakes, etc., what process starts the cycle all over again?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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Water that seeps deeper through the soil becomes groundwater, where it collects into what underground layers of sand, gravel, and water-bearing rock?

• Aquifers

• Reservoirs

• Ponds

• Glaciers

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Why is water polluted easily?

• Because it is a universal solvent and can dissolve many substances

• Because it is always clean

• Because it cannot mix with other substances

• Because it evaporates quickly

What would happen if there was no evaporation and the hydrological purification process?

• Water would remain clean

• Water would become more polluted over time

• There would be more rainfall

• Rivers would dry up

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