WorksheetsWater Cycle Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is precipitation?
a)
The sweat from our bodies on a hot day.
b)
The gas that we use in ovens.
c)
Any form of water that falls from the sky.
d)
Warm rain, but not cold snow or sleet
2.
What is the water cycle?
a)
The process through which water evaporates.
b)
The path water takes from Earth to the clouds and back again.
c)
The path water takes to a mountain top.
d)
The process of water falling from clouds.
3.
Which of these describes evaporation?
a)
Water vapor becomes a liquid.
b)
Plants lose water through their leaves.
c)
Water comes down and must go up.
d)
Water warms up and becomes a vapor.
4.
What would most likely happen if it didn't rain in a certain area for a long period of time?
a)
Animals and plants would live the same way they always do.
b)
Animals would drink all the water and die.
c)
Plants would die, animals wouldn't receive nutrients from plants.
d)
Nutrients would get into plants and animals a different way.
5.
What is the process in which water vapor changes to liquid?
a)
aviation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
water runoff
6.
What do water droplets form?
a)
clouds
b)
aviation
c)
nutrients
d)
clowns
7.
Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
a)
plants
b)
animals
c)
the sun
d)
the moon
8.
What is evaporation?
a)
water freezing
b)
water vapor meets cold air and turns into a liquid
c)
water gets hot and turns into water vapor
d)
plants take water from the soil
9.
What is moisture from the air / clouds falling to the ground called?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
hibernation
d)
evaporation
10.
From where does most water evaporate?
a)
puddles
b)
rivers
c)
lakes
d)
oceans
11.
Water vapor meeting cooler air and turning back into water droplets is called _________?
a)
condensation
b)
dehydration
c)
precipitation
d)
evaporation
12.
What is the only thing in nature that can be a solid, liquid, or gas?
a)
balloons
b)
water
c)
oxygen
d)
paper
13.
What are the three stages of the water cycle?
a)
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
b)
evaporation, aviation, precipitation
c)
precipitation, dehydration, evaporation
d)
evaporation, exercise, precipitation
14.
The water cycle is powered by the ____?
a)
sun
b)
rain
c)
cars
d)
people
15.
The water cycle takes the water and moves it _________
a)
up and down on the moon.
b)
up and up and up and up.
c)
up and down and all around the Earth.
d)
to a swimming pool.
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