WorksheetsThe Water Cycle
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
2.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
3.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
4.
What is it called when WATER is FORMED from an LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR or a GAS?
a)
EVAPORATION
b)
PRECIPITATION
c)
TRANSPIRATION
5.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
6.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
7.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
8.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
9.
phase change from solid directly to a gas, like when water leaves glacier to cloud
a)
Sublimation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Permeable
d)
Infiltration
10.
When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.
a)
cold
b)
hot
c)
warm
d)
solid
11.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
12.
Plants and trees give out water vapor, through tiny holes in their leaves
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Infiltration
13.
Rain soaks into the ground
a)
Infiltration
b)
Condensation
c)
Throughflow
d)
Surface runoff
14.
Water flows along the surface. This happens if the ground is very hard or wet which makes it impermeable i.e. water cannot pass through.
a)
Throughflow
b)
Infiltration
c)
Surface runoff
d)
Groundwater
15.
_________________ is precipitation that did not evaporate or get absorbed into soil.
a)
Inflitration
b)
Condensation
c)
Sublimation
d)
Runoff
16.
Water that is beneath earth's surface
a)
groundwater
b)
infiltration
c)
runoff
d)
transpiration
17.
During transpiration, the extra water is moved out of the leaves through the ______ as water vapor.
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Stomata
c)
Chlorophyll
d)
Air
18.
Some of the water that precipitates does not runoff into the rivers and is absorbed by the plants or gets evaporated. It moves deep into the soil. What is this process called?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Runoff
d)
Infiltration
19.
The three main steps of the water cycle.
a)
run-off, evaporation, condensation
b)
condensation, precipitation, evaporation
c)
groundwater, precipitation, condensation
d)
collection, run-off, evaporation
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