WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
____ describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to the surface as precipitation.
a)
Carbon Cycle
b)
Life Cycle
c)
Water Cycle
d)
Nitrogen Cycle
2.
_____ is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Sublimation
d)
Freezing
3.
_____ is the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
a)
Melting
b)
Freezing
c)
Condensation
d)
Vaporization
4.
_____ is the sum of evaporation and transpiration.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Evapotranspiration
c)
Vaporization
d)
Evaporation
5.
_____is the conversion between the solid and the gaseous phases of matter, with no intermediate liquid stage.
a)
Deposition
b)
Sublimation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Condensation
6.
_____ is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface.
a)
Groundwater flow
b)
Streamflow
c)
Infiltration
d)
Surface Runoff
7.
_____ is the amount of water flowing in a river.
a)
Surface runoff
b)
Groundwater flow
c)
Streamflow
d)
Seepage
8.
_____ is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Groundwater flow
d)
Streamflow
9.
_____ is a part of streamflow that has infiltrated the ground.
a)
Groundwater flow
b)
Streamflow
c)
Infiltration
d)
Evaporation
10.
_____ is surface runoff produced from melting snow.
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Transpiration
d)
Snowmelt
11.
____ is the heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapor, or a liquid into a vapor, without change of temperature.
a)
Latex heat
b)
Latent heat
c)
Later heat
d)
Last heat
12.
_____ is the process by which a substance changes from the solid phase to the liquid phase.
a)
Freezing
b)
Melting
c)
Condensation
d)
Evaporation
13.
_____ is the process through which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid.
a)
Melting
b)
Freezing
c)
Condensation
d)
Vaporization
14.
_____ the phase transition of a substance from the liquid phase to the gas phase.
a)
Vaporization
b)
Melting
c)
Sublimation
d)
Deposition
15.
_____ is the change in the state of matter from the gas phase to the liquid phase.
a)
Melting
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Freezing
16.
_____ refers to the phase change from gas to solid.
a)
Sublimation
b)
Deposition
c)
Evaporation
d)
Condensation
17.
There are ___ states of matter.
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
18.
____ is a gas that has been heated and charged with energy (positively charged ions and negatively charged electrons).
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
d)
Plasma
19.
Matter is anything that occupies space and has ____.
a)
gas
b)
mass
c)
volume
d)
shape
20.
Solid to Liquid: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released energy
21.
Liquid to Gas: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released energy
22.
Gas to Liquid: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released Energy
23.
Liquid to Solid: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released energy
24.
Solid to Gas: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released energy
25.
Gas to Solid: phase change is due to...
a)
Absorbed energy
b)
Released energy
26.
Which is not a type of precipitation?
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Ocean
d)
Snow
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