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WorksheetsThe Water Cycle
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through cold air and freeze before they hit the ground?
a)
Rain
b)
Freezing Rain
c)
Sleet
d)
Snow
2.
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)
3.
What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
4.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
5.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
6.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
7.
What is D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
8.
When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
runoff
9.
The changes to water when it cycles the earth is called
a)
the moon cycle
b)
the sun cycle
c)
the water cycle
d)
the wind cycle
10.
The water cycle has no start or end
a)
true
b)
false
11.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
12.
After the water vapor in the air changes back to liquid and forms clouds, they can become too heavy and what occurs?
a)
rain,hail,sleet, or snow
b)
water
c)
condensation
d)
snow and water
13.
What could happen when a drop of water falls back to earth?
a)
it goes underground then into oceans,lakes, or rivers
b)
it goes into your mouth
c)
it goes underground forever
d)
it goes to the beach
14.
Which process of the water cycle would be most affected by a lack of sunlight?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
runoff
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