WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is evaporation?
a)
Sun heats bodies of water and snow falls.
b)
Sun heats bodies of water and the rains come tumbling down.
c)
It is the same thing as precipitation
d)
Sun heats a body of water, as the water heats it rises into the air as water vapor.
2.
Name the parts of a water cycle in order.
a)
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and collection
b)
run-off, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
c)
precipitation, evaporation, condensation
d)
evaporation, precipitation, condensation
3.
What is condensation?
a)
Rain
b)
Water vapor continues to rise forming clouds.
c)
water vapor
d)
Gas continues to rise forming precipitation.
4.
Name 4 types of precipitation.
a)
hurricane, thunderstorm, tornado, tsunami
b)
rain, drizzle, sleet, ice
c)
rain, snow, sleet, hail
d)
none of the above
5.
What is the water cycle?
a)
How we get water from the sink
b)
A bicycle with water.
c)
How water moves around the planet
6.
What is precipitation?
a)
Occurs when so much heat has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The mountains get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
b)
Occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow
c)
Teardrops
d)
A pond, river, ocean, or lake
7.
Collection is__________________________________________________________________________
a)
When someone gives me money to buy a gift.
b)
Money I owe my parents to pay for my food.
c)
When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land.
d)
rain, snow, sleet, or hail
8.
True or False:
Runoff is precipitation that did not get (infiltrated) absorbed into the soil, or did not evaporate, and therefore, made its way from the ground surface into places that water collect.
Runoff is precipitation that did not get (infiltrated) absorbed into the soil, or did not evaporate, and therefore, made its way from the ground surface into places that water collect.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Will a glass of tea sweat on a hot day?
a)
No
b)
Yes
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