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Water Cycle - Urban

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water NEVER leaves the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What drives the water cycle?

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Earth's rotation

3.

What step occurs after evaporation?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Runoff

d)

Infiltration

4.

What step occurs after condensation?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Runoff

d)

Transpiration

5.

What step occurs after precipitation?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Runoff

d)

Transpiration

6.

What step occurs after precipitation and runoff?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Condensation

d)

Infiltration

7.

What is the process when the sun heats up liquid water and changes it to a gas?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

8.

What is the process of evaporation from plants is called?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Infiltration

d)

Transpiration

9.

Which term means water is being evaporated from a plant?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

10.

What term means gas cooling to become a liquid?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Transpiration

11.

Condensation occurs when warm air comes into contact with a ______ area.

a)

Warmer

b)

Cooler

12.

In the upper Troposphere, condensation forms which item?

a)

Rainbows

b)

Clouds

c)

Lightning

d)

Planes

13.

Water falls back to the earth when the drops become too ______.

a)

Heavy

b)

Light

c)

Dark

d)

High

14.

Which of the following is NOT an example of precipitation?

a)

Snow

b)

Rain

c)

Hail

d)

Rainbow

15.

Which terms means water becomes heavy and falls back to the earth.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

16.

Which terms means water moving swiftly down toward the lowest point/area?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Runoff

c)

Collection

d)

Precipitation

17.

Evaporation requires _______.

a)

heat

b)

cold

18.

Condensation required _______.

a)

heat

b)

cold

19.

What is occurring at number 2?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

20.

What is occurring at number 3?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

21.

What is occurring at number 4?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

22.

What is occurring at number 5?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff