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WorksheetsThe Water Cycle
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
97% of the Earth's water is located in....
a)
ground wat
b)
the ocean
c)
lakes, rivers, and streams
d)
glaciers
2.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
3.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
4.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
5.
The energy that drives the water cycle comes from
a)
Sun
b)
Earth
c)
Rain
d)
Oceans
6.
What is a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?
a)
glacier
b)
well
c)
aquifer
d)
natural spring
7.
What is area of land that is covered with shallow layer of water called?
a)
aquifer
b)
natural spring
c)
lake
d)
wetlands
8.
What is a huge, slow-moving mass of ice and snow called?
a)
well
b)
glacier
c)
river system
d)
geyser
9.
What do you call collection of water in a hollow, or low-lying area of land?
a)
lake
b)
wetland
c)
geyser
d)
river system
10.
What is a man-made hole drilled below water table?
a)
natural spring
b)
lake
c)
wetlands
d)
well
11.
What is a location where groundwater flows out of cracks in the rock called?
a)
well
b)
geyser
c)
natural spring
d)
wetlands
12.
What do you call a type of hot spring that is forced out of passage by heated gases and steam?
a)
geyser
b)
wetlands
c)
lake
d)
aquifer
13.
What is a collection of streams along with watershed that supply water to a system?
a)
river system
b)
wetlands
c)
natural springs
d)
well
14.
The process in which plants release water to air from leaves.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
groundwater
d)
transpiration
15.
What process makes clouds?
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
groundwater
d)
transpiration
16.
Cutting down trees to make room for human population growth has negative effects on native plants and wildlife in an area. If an insect species lies in only a certain type of plant and that plant is removed, what part of the insect's’ life is being affected?
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
c)
niche
d)
population
17.
What sorts of things make up an ecosystem?
a)
The living and nonliving things in the environment surrounding an organism
b)
All of the living things that interact with the organism being studied
c)
All of the non-living things that interact with the organism being studied
d)
The natural things in the environment that are affected by the organism being studied.
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