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Happy Hydro

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
2.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
3.
Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
4.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
5.
Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?
a)
before
b)
after
c)
during
d)
dont know
6.
What type of precipitation forms when it falls into cold air and never melts on the way to the ground? 
a)
Rain
b)
Freezing Rain
c)
Sleet
d)
Snow
7.
What type of precipitation forms when snow falls into warm air and melts. 
a)
Rain
b)
Freezing Rain
c)
Sleet
d)
Snow
8.
What is water vapor?
a)
Water on the land (geosphere)
b)
Water in the air (atmosphere)
c)
Water in plants
d)
Water in the water (hydrosphere)
9.
After precipitation occurs, water that does not run off into the hydrosphere can be stored as _______?
a)
Ground Water
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Snow
10.
What is      D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
11.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
12.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
13.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
14.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
15.

What percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater we can use?

a)

75%

b)

3%

c)

<1%

d)

97%

16.
Where is most water found on Earth?
a)
glaciers
b)
lakes
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
17.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?
a)
volcanoes
b)
the sun
c)
lightning
d)
wind
18.
What force drives precipitation to the ground?
a)
Push
b)
Gravity
c)
Up
d)
Forced
19.
A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.
a)
rill
b)
gully
c)
stream channel
d)
watershed
20.

Why is gravity a factor in watersheds?

a)

it makes the water

b)

it causes the water to flow down over a watershed to the ocean

c)

gravity is not a factor in watersheds

21.

What part of the watershed is the boundary?

a)

Tributary

b)

Ridge

c)

Floodplain

d)

Groundwater