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WorksheetsWater Cycle (Gizmo)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What percentage of Earth's water is found in the oceans?
a)
97%
b)
100%
c)
70%
d)
50%
2.
How does the Sun cause water to move from the oceans to the atmosphere?
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
infiltration
d)
transpiration
3.
How do clouds form?
a)
When saturated air cools
b)
When unsaturated air cools
c)
When saturated air warms
d)
When unsaturated air warms
4.
What causes it to rain?
a)
When the water droplets in clouds grow large enough
b)
When enough runoff returns to the ocean
c)
When underground aquifers get replenished
d)
When enough transpiration occurs
5.
What percentage of Earth's water can be found in soil?
a)
0.005%
b)
1.9%
c)
97%
d)
68.7%
6.
What percentage of Earth's water is stored in ice and snow?
a)
0.005%
b)
1.9%
c)
97%
d)
68.7%
7.
What percentage of Earth's water is found in lakes?
a)
0.009%
b)
1.9%
c)
97%
d)
68.7%
8.
What is transpiration?
a)
A process where plants release water vapor from their leaves
b)
To take or carry from one place to another with a vehicle
c)
A process of condensation from water vapor in the atmosphere into microscopic droplets of liquid water
9.
What human activity uses the most water worldwide?
a)
agriculture
b)
recreation
c)
human bodily consumption
d)
decoration
10.
What human activity uses the most water in the United States?
a)
agriculture
b)
recreation
c)
human bodily consumption
d)
industrial processes
11.
What organisms break down chemical wastes in a treatment plant?
a)
bacteria
b)
mammals
c)
plants
d)
fungi
12.
What is an aquifer?
a)
A bottled water brand
b)
A porous rock that stores water
c)
A body of water that stores water for human use
d)
A body of water that is composed of salt water instead of fresh water
13.
In what ways can runoff be a problem?
a)
It can cause flooding and erosion
b)
It can raise gloabl sea level
c)
It can create too much cloud cover
14.
Change from a liquid to a gas.
Change from a solid to a liquid.
Change from a solid to a liquid.
a)
Evaporation; melting
b)
Melting; evaporation
c)
Condensation; freezing
d)
Freezing; condensation
15.
Change from a gas to a liquid.
Change from a liquid to a solid.
Change from a liquid to a solid.
a)
Condensation; freezing
b)
Freezing; condensation
c)
Evaporation; melting
d)
Melting; evaporation
16.
Ocean -> Atmosphere
Atmosphere -> Clouds
Atmosphere -> Clouds
a)
Evaporation; condensation
b)
Condensation; evaporation
c)
Melting; freezing
d)
Freezing, melting
17.
Cloud -> Snow
Glacier -> River
Cloud -> Soil
Glacier -> River
Cloud -> Soil
a)
Freezing; melting; precipitation
b)
Melting; freezing; condensation
c)
Evaporation; melting; precipitation
18.
Ocean -> Cloud
a)
evaporation, condensation
b)
evaporation, precipitation
c)
precipitation, condensation
d)
precipitation, evaporation
19.
Cloud -> Glacier
a)
Freezing, precipitation
b)
Freezing, melting
c)
Melting, precipitation
d)
Melting; freezing
20.
What percent of Earth's water is stored in aquifers?
a)
0.61%
b)
97%
c)
100%
d)
14%
21.
Which process in the water cycle purifies salt water into fresh water?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Runoff
d)
Condensation
22.
The entire water cycle could occur over the time span of:
a)
a few seconds
b)
a day
c)
a year
d)
a few million years
23.
Water in its liquid and its solid state is also involved in the rock cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Life as we know it is based on water being in its ___ state of matter.
a)
gaseous
b)
liquid
c)
solid
d)
plasma
25.
Water is found only above ground on the surface of Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Most of the water on Earth is healthy to drink by humans.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
For the most part, the Earth system over the course of one thousand years will ___ water molecules.
a)
lose
b)
gain
c)
have no change in
28.
In an ecosystem, energy enters and ___ through, but nutrients continuously ___.
a)
flows, cycle
b)
cycle, flows
c)
flows, remain static and unmoving
29.
In California, are Castaic Lake, Shasta Lake and Folsom Lake man-made reservoirs or natural lakes?
a)
Reservoirs
b)
Natural lakes
30.
In California, are Lake Tahoe, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear Lake and Mono Lake man-made reservoirs or natural lakes?
a)
Man-made reservoirs
b)
Natural lakes
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