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Water Cycle and Cloud Formation

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the surface of the Earth and it is where all weather occurs?
a)
Thermosphere  
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere 
d)
Troposphere 
2.
What are the three basic types of clouds?
a)
Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus
b)
Stratus, Cottontails,  Mammatus
c)
Lenticular, Cumulus, Nimbus
d)
Lenticular, Cumulus, Nimbus
3.
What are the elements that create water?
a)
Hydrogen, Osmium, Oxygen (1 of each)
b)
Helium, Hydrogen, Oxygen (1 of each)
c)
Holmium, Hassium, Osmium (1 of each)
d)
2 Hydrogen and 1 Oxygen
4.
Out of the three basic parts of the water cycle. What is the most important?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Evaporation 
c)
Condensation 
d)
All of the above
5.
What part of the water cycle includes clouds and there formation?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Surface Runoff
d)
Condensation 
6.
Which of these is  the part of the water cycle  where  water is released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail?
a)
Precipitation 
b)
Transpiration 
c)
Condensation 
d)
Evaporation 
7.
Which of these is the part of the water cycle where water vapor cools on dust particles and forms water droplets. It is key in the formation of clouds?
a)
Condensation 
b)
Transpiration 
c)
Evaporation 
d)
Precipitation 
8.
Which of these is the part of the water cycle where  moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere?
a)
Evaporation 
b)
Condensation 
c)
Surface Runoff 
d)
Transpiration 
9.
Which of these is the part of the water cycle where water is converted to water vapor, by heat from the sun, and it rises into the atmosphere?
a)
Surface Runoff
b)
Evaporation 
c)
Condensation 
d)
Precipitation  
10.
Which of these is part of the water cycle where water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface downhill towards rivers?
a)
Surface Runoff
b)
Transpiration 
c)
Condensation 
d)
Evaporation 
11.
Which of these are clouds made up of?
a)
Air
b)
Nitrogen and Oxygen 
c)
Argon and Carbon Dioxide 
d)
Collections of tiny water and/or ice particles in the air and dust particles 
12.
The continuous process by which water is circulated throughout the Earth and its atmosphere.
a)
The Water Cycle
b)
Dihydrogen Cycle 
c)
 CETROP Cycle 
d)
Renewable Water Resource