WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is most water found on the Earth?
a)
In Glaciers
b)
In Lakes
c)
In Rivers
d)
In the Ocean
2.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth's surface?
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Sun
c)
Lightening
d)
Wind
3.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a)
Evaporating
b)
Condensing
c)
Precipitating
4.
What is water doing when it changes to water?
a)
Evaporating
b)
Condensing
c)
Precipitating
5.
What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice?
a)
the shape or size of the cup
b)
where it has been stored
c)
if it is being used for irrigation
d)
what its temperature is
6.
Many Utah towns use water from wells for drinking. How does water get into wells?
a)
it has to be poured into them from water tanks
b)
rain sinks down through the soil into them
c)
it is pumped by large engines into the well
d)
it evaporates from inside the Earth
7.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a)
cold, rainy
b)
cold, sunny
c)
warm, rainy
d)
warm, sunny
8.
Which type of rainfall would be most helpful to farmers?
a)
rainfall that evaporates quickly
b)
rainfall that runs off the land quickly
c)
rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly
d)
very little rainfall
9.
River, streams and oceans are all points of _____________ in the water cycle.
a)
collection
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
10.
Predict what might happen to a river when heavy rains soak the soil near it. The river will
a)
sink
b)
rise
c)
freeze
d)
not change
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