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WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does all of the energy needed for the water cycle come from?
a)
Sun
b)
Electricity
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Fossil Fuels
2.
Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
3.
Which of these is NOT an example of precipitation?
a)
Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Clouds
d)
Hail
4.
Liquid water heats up and turns into water vapor (gas) in which stage of the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Evaporation
5.
What percent of the earth's surface is covered by the ocean?
a)
75%
b)
57%
c)
100%
d)
50%
6.
Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
7.
Runoff water is...
a)
Water that is soaked into the ground
b)
Water that is not soaked into the ground and flows back into large bodies of water
c)
Water that is going to evaporate soon
d)
A kind of precipitation
8.
what does the #4 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
9.
Water vapor cools off and turns into clouds in what stage of the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Precipitation
10.
What does the lamp represent in this water cycle set up?
a)
The Sun
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Accumulation
11.
What is the atmosphere?
a)
All of the land on earth
b)
All of the water on the earth's surface
c)
All of the gas surrounding the earth; the sky
d)
A kind of precipitation
12.
Which of these is NOT true about the water cycle
a)
It repeats itself over and over
b)
Clouds move through the air in circles
c)
It is the process where water moves through the earth and atmosphere
d)
Without the sun we would not have a water cycle.
13.
This picture shows the puddle:
a)
Gathering rain
b)
Condensing
c)
Accumulating
d)
Evaporating
14.
When plants warm up and give water vapor off, kind of like sweat, it is called...
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Precipitation
15.
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
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