WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
a)
electricity
b)
sun
c)
movement of particles
d)
the atmosphere
2.
What is the process of water turning into a cloud?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Cloudsentation
3.
What is the process of plants giving off water vapor?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Evaporation
4.
What drives the water cycle?
a)
Water
b)
Steering Wheel
c)
Sun
d)
The President
5.
The water cycle is how rocks are formed.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Some plants evaporate and make the clouds get dark.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is the process of water droplets falling to the ground?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
8.
What is the largest source of water on Earth?
a)
storms
b)
oceans
c)
the great lakes
d)
rivers
9.
The sun's energy causes evaporation.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Approximately what percentage of the water on Earth is freshwater?
a)
0.1%
b)
2.6%
c)
50%
d)
97%
11.
The supply of freshwater under the Earth's surface.
a)
watershed
b)
mouth
c)
headwaters
d)
groundwater
12.
Approximately what percentage of the water on Earth is freshwater?
a)
0.1%
b)
2.6%
c)
50%
d)
97%
13.
The change of water from a liquid to a gas.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
14.
Any type of moisture that falls to the Earth.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
15.
The change of water from a vapor to a liquid.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
16.
The flow of water from land into a body of water.
a)
groundwater
b)
headwaters
c)
run-off
d)
infiltration
17.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a)
warm, sunny
b)
cold, sunny
c)
warm, rainy
d)
cold, rainy
18.
What is B representing in the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Runoff
d)
Precipitation
19.
What is D representing in the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
20.
What is C representing in the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
21.
The sun drives the water cycle by doing what?
a)
Rotating on it's axis
b)
Giving off light for plants
c)
Providing gravity to keep the Earth in orbit
d)
Providing heat for evaporation
22.
What does the lamp represent in this water cycle set up?
a)
The Sun
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Accumulation
23.
What part of this water cycle set up represents precipitation?
a)
The lamp
b)
Water sitting in the bottom on of bottle
c)
Drops running down the side of the bottle
d)
Tiny drops at the top of the bottle
24.
Water moves through the water cycle because of:
a)
Earth's core
b)
Energy from the Sun
c)
Gravity
d)
Wind
25.
What letter represents condensation?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
26.
Water running down the side of a mountain is an example of:
a)
Runoff
b)
Groundwater
c)
Precipitation
d)
Accumulation
27.
Water that soaks deep into the ground is and stays there for a long time is called:
a)
Runoff
b)
Groundwater
c)
Collection
d)
Accumulation
28.
The Sun's heat causes which of these to happen in the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
29.
Most of the water on Earth is in the form of salt water found in:
a)
the Ocean
b)
Rivers
c)
Rain
d)
Lakes
30.
This picture shows the puddle:
a)
Gathering rain
b)
Condensing
c)
Accumulating
d)
Evaporating
31.
In the water cycle, condensation is responsible for:
a)
Flowing of the rivers
b)
Tides
c)
Formation of clouds
d)
Salt in the ocean
32.
All of the following are forms of water found in the water cycle EXCEPT-
a)
Condensation
b)
Water vapor
c)
Carbon dioxide
d)
Precipitation
33.
Evaporation is
a)
When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas.
b)
The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
c)
The falling of water from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
d)
A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
34.
precipitation is
a)
The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
b)
The falling of water from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
c)
When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas.
d)
A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
35.
Transpiration is
a)
The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
b)
A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
c)
The process by which plants give off moisture into the atmosphere.
d)
When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas.
36.
Condensation is
a)
A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
b)
The falling of water from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
c)
The process by which plants give off moisture into the atmosphere.
d)
The process of a gas turning into a liquid.
37.
Vapor is
a)
The process by which plants give off moisture into the atmosphere.
b)
When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas.
c)
A gas formed from something that is usually a liquid or solid at normal temperatures. Clouds are made of condensed vapor.
d)
The falling of water from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
38.
Which arrow shows evaporation?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
39.
In the water cycle on Earth, water is in which form?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of these
40.
Precipitation includes
a)
rain, snow, and air
b)
rain, wind, and snow
c)
snow, sleet, and hail
d)
all of these
41.
What is the name of the process of water changing to a gas?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Infiltration
42.
What is the name of the process of water droplets falling from the sky?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipiation
d)
infiltration
43.
What is an example of condensation?
a)
water vapor turning into water droplets
b)
hail falling from the sky
c)
water from oceans and lakes going into the air
d)
a hurricane
44.
What happens during the process of evaporation?
a)
gas to liquid
b)
liquid to gas
c)
gas to solid
d)
liquid to solid
45.
What is an example of evaporation?
a)
snow falling from the sky
b)
water leaves the lakes and oceans into the air
c)
water vapor turns into water vapor
d)
a thunderstorm
46.
What happens after condensation
a)
transportation
b)
precipitation
c)
runoff
d)
evaporation
47.
Steam
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
48.
How could you turn steam into a liquid?
a)
By heating it
b)
By cooling it
c)
By evaporating it
d)
Using a magnet
49.
Which of these is a liquid?
a)
Steam
b)
Ice
c)
Water
d)
Flour
50.
What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
51.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
52.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
53.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
54.
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
a)
precipitation
b)
concentration
c)
transpiration
d)
evaporation
55.
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface like hail, snow, sleet, rain;clouds get heavy and the air cannot hold it any longer.
a)
precipitation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
clouds
56.
The ocean covers about what percentage of Earth?
a)
25 percent
b)
50 percent
c)
75 percent
d)
100 percent
57.
In the water cycle on Earth, water is in which form?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of these
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