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Water Cycle

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best explains why runoff is important?
a)
It returns water to other locations on Earth
b)
It increases the chance of flooding
c)
It makes evaporation occur faster
d)
It increases condensation
2.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
3.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
4.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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.
8.
The first step in the water cycle 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation 
c)
precipitation
d)
there is no first step 
9.
The water cycle is also known as ..........
a)
Hypertonic Solution
b)
Hydrological Cycle
c)
Hyperlogical Cycle
d)
None of these
10.
97% of the Earth's water is  located in....
a)
ground wat
b)
the ocean
c)
lakes, rivers, and streams
d)
glaciers
11.
Dew also forms directly onto items, as water droplets.  What part of the water cycle is this?
a)
run-off 
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
12.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
transpiring
d)
freezing
13.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a  pond?
a)
sunny and hot
b)
sunny and cold
c)
rainy and hot
d)
rainy and cold
14.
Rain soaks into the ground
a)
Infiltration
b)
Condensation
c)
Throughflow
d)
Surface runoff
15.
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
16.
This refers to water filtering through porous or permeable rock under the ground
a)
Condensation
b)
Infiltration
c)
Percolation
d)
Interception
17.
This means that water is not able to pass through
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
18.

the area of land drained by any one stream.

a)

Runoff

b)

Water Table

c)

Watershed

d)

Ground Water

19.

% of open space in a material compared to its total volume

a)

Permeability

b)

Porosity

c)

Relative humidity

d)

Capillarity

20.
Describes how water moves in different forms around the earth 
a)
water cycle 
b)
hydrosphere
c)
evaporation
d)
the sun 
21.
A soil sample with a large amount of space between the particles will have a
a)
High Porosity
b)
Low permeability rate
c)
High capillarity
d)
Low infiltration rate
22.
Flash flooding often occurs in city areas because
a)
Roads, pavements, and buildings reduce the infiltration of water into the ground
b)
Ground water storage is usually very large
c)
unoff decreases during precipitation
d)
The heat generated by city areas decreases actual evapotranspiration
23.
Which set of surface soil conditions on a hillside would result in the most infiltration of rainfall?
a)
Steep slope, unsaturated soil, no vegetation
b)
Gentle slope, unsaturated soil, vegetation
c)
Steep slope, saturated soil, vegetation
d)
Gentle slope, saturated soil, no vegetation
24.

Which processes are most likely to cause a rise in the water table?

a)

runoff and erosion

b)

precipitation and infiltration

c)

deposition and burial

d)

solidification and condensation

25.

During a rainstorm, when soil becomes saturated, the amount of infiltration

a)

decreases and runoff decreases

b)

decreases and runoff increases

c)

increases and runoff decreases

d)

increases and runoff increases

26.

The diagrams below represent four permeable sediment samples. The sediments are composed of the same material, but differ in particle size and sorting. Which sediment sample will most likely have the fastest groundwater infiltration rate?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

In general, the probability of flooding decreases when there is an increase in the amount of

a)

precipitation

b)

infiltration

c)

runoff

d)

snow melt

28.

Rainfall is most likely to infiltrate into soil that is

a)

permeable and saturated

b)

permeable and unsaturated

c)

impermeable and saturated

d)

impermeable and unsaturated

29.

A paved blacktop parking lot was built on what was once a soil-covered field. This area will now experience increased runoff when rain occurs because the paved parking lot has

a)

less capillarity

b)

less permeability

c)

greater infiltration

d)

greater porosity

30.

The water table usually rises when there is

a)

a decrease in the amount of infiltration

b)

a decrease in the amount of surface area covered by vegetation

c)

an increase in the amount of precipitation

d)

an increase in the slope of the land

31.
The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer. 
a)
porosity
b)
permeability
c)
gradient
d)
divide
32.
Permeability is: 
a)
The amount of space between grains in a sediment.
b)
The ability for water to pass through a sediment.
33.
If a well is over pumped, what is most likely to happen?
a)
A rise in the water table.
b)
A drop in the water table.
c)
No change in the water table.
d)
Groundwater pollution.
34.
What is a likely cause of this algal bloom:
a)
Runoff from manufacturing.
b)
Acid rain
c)
Algalation due to increased bioxolene levels 
d)
Agricultural runoff
35.
When important plant nutrients are removed from the soil after a heavy rain.
a)
Infiltration
b)
Runoff
c)
Leaching
d)
Translocation
36.
A molecule that contains 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. 
a)
Water (H2O)
b)
Carbon dioxide
c)
Oxygen
d)
Glacier
37.
A body of rock underneath the surface of Earth that contains water. (underground lake)
a)
Aquifer
b)
Glacier
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Cloud
38.
A large natural stream of flowing water that leads to lakes, seas, oceans, and other bodies of water. 
a)
River
b)
Lake
c)
Ocean
d)
Aquifer

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