WorksheetsH2O Cycle
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
2.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
3.
What is evaporation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
4.
What is condensation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
5.
What is precipitation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
6.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
7.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
8.
Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
9.
When plants lose water into the atmosphere as a gas, this is called. . .
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
10.
The process by which water moves through the atmosphere and back to Earth’s surface
a)
Erosion
b)
Precipitation
c)
The Water Cycle
d)
Condensation
11.
______occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
12.
_______describes the process of water turning into water vapor.
a)
Deposition
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Evaporation
13.
What powers the water cycle?
a)
water
b)
oceans
c)
sun
d)
moon
14.
What percentage of the Earth’s water is fresh?
a)
97%
b)
2.3%
c)
<1%
d)
3%
15.
What are the processes of the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation- Condensation- Transpiration , Runoff ,,Infiltration, Accumulation
b)
Evaporation, condensation, Precipitation
c)
Evaporation, Precipitation, Accumulation,
16.
What Percentage of the earth is salt water?
a)
71%
b)
3%
c)
<1%
d)
97%
17.
What percentage of the Earth’s fresh water is available for drinking?
a)
10%
b)
<1%
c)
3%
d)
15%
18.
What percentage of earth's fresh water is found in the polar ice caps?
a)
3%
b)
1%
c)
2.3%
d)
<1%
19.
Chemical formula to represent water's unique structure
a)
Hydrogen + 2 Oxygen
b)
2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen
c)
HO
d)
OH
20.
Allows water to move through narrow spaces or pores
a)
surface tension
b)
universal solvent
c)
water cycle
d)
capillary action
21.
What are the 3 states of matter?
a)
solid, freezing, thawing
b)
solid, liquid, gas
c)
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina
22.
The sum total of all the water on earth and in its atmosphere is known as
a)
Biosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Ionosphere
23.
What is it called when rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers and streams?
a)
Transformation
b)
Runoff
c)
Irrigation
d)
Desertification
24.
Water Droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
25.
Water that fills the spaces in soil and rock layers
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
water
d)
groundwater
26.
___________________ is the movement of water into the ground due to the pull of gravity.
a)
runoff
b)
infiltration
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
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