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Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
2.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
3.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
4.
Where is most water found on Earth?
a)
glaciers
b)
lakes
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
5.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a)
cold, rainy
b)
cold, sunny
c)
warm, rainy
d)
warm, sunny
6.
The oceans absorb much of the sunlight reaching Earth. When water in the oceans absorb sunlight and heat up, what process can happen to the water?
a)
accumulation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
After the rain falls down onto Earth's surface, what most likely happens? What is it called?
a)
1. The remains of the water is soaked into the ground.
2.Groundwater
2.Groundwater
b)
1. Groundwater
2. The remains of the water is soaked into the ground.
2. The remains of the water is soaked into the ground.
c)
1. Groundwater
2. Transpiration happens to the plants.
2. Transpiration happens to the plants.
d)
1. The liquid turns into an gas or an water vapor
2. Evaporation
2. Evaporation
10.
How could we possibly be drinking caveman sweat or bathing in dinosaur spit?
a)
Water has been kept in barrels
b)
Water is continually reduced
c)
Water is being recycled
d)
Water is replenished by the water cycle
11.
What causes water vapor to move?
a)
wind
b)
snow
c)
water
d)
lava
12.
When the water vapor in the air changes back to liquid, what does it form?
a)
rain,hail,sleet, or snow
b)
water
c)
condensation
d)
snow and water
13.
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
14.
The water cycle is also known as ..........
a)
Hypertonic Solution
b)
Hydrological Cycle
c)
Hyperlogical Cycle
d)
None of these
15.
97% of the Earth's water is located in....
a)
ground wat
b)
the ocean
c)
lakes, rivers, and streams
d)
glaciers
16.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
transpiring
d)
freezing
17.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
18.
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
19.
What is A?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
20.
What is B?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
21.
What is C?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
22.
Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.
a)
cold
b)
light
c)
heavy
d)
hot
23.
What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
24.
An overflowing of water in a normally dry area
a)
thunderstorm
b)
flood
c)
drought
25.
The release of water vapor by plants into the atmosphere.
a)
sublimation
b)
infiltration
c)
transpiration
d)
percolation
26.
All of earth's water.
a)
biosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
atmosphere
27.
The gases that surround the earth.
a)
geosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
oxygen
28.
All of the living things on earth.
a)
geosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
lithosphere
29.
What is the geosphere?
a)
All life on Earth
b)
All water on Earth
c)
All gases that surround our planet
d)
All solid portions of Earth
30.
What is an example of precipitation? (Choose all that apply)
a)
Runoff
b)
Sleet
c)
Rain
d)
Evaporation
31.
The sphere that includes humans.
a)
geosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
biosphere
32.
The sphere that includes mountains, soil, and the layers of Earth.
a)
geosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
hydrosphere
33.
The spheres that interact when wind blows seeds to a new location for plants to grow.
a)
hydrosphere & atmosphere
b)
geosphere & biosphere
c)
atmosphere & hydrosphere
d)
atmosphere & biosphere
34.
The spheres that interact when living organisms give off moisture through respiration and perspiration.
a)
atmosphere & geosphere
b)
geosphere & hydrosphere
c)
biosphere & geosphere
d)
biosphere & hydosphere
35.
Which spheres interact when chemicals in the air cause weathering to rocks.
a)
atmosphere & biosphere
b)
atmosphere & hydrosphere
c)
atmosphere & geosphere
d)
biosphere & hydrosphere
36.
The process when water travels through the atmosphere and hydrosphere.
a)
hydrosphere
b)
water cycle
c)
water system
d)
atmosphere
37.
When water vapor turns into clouds.
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
run off
d)
condensation
38.
Rain is the only type of precipitation.
a)
true
b)
false
39.
The word "hydro" means ______.
a)
water
b)
earth
c)
land
d)
life
40.
The word "bio" means ______.
a)
Earth
b)
water
c)
air
d)
life
41.
This is part of the....
a)
Geosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Cryosphere
42.
What main system do you interact with when you are exploring an underwater cave?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Geosphere
c)
Cryosphere
d)
Biosphere
43.
Which of the following does NOT belong in the geosphere?
a)
sand
b)
volcano
c)
mushrooms
d)
rocks
44.
This volcano is an example of something you would find in the:
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Geosphere
45.
The Four Spheres of Earth
a)
are all connected
b)
have nothing to do with one another
c)
exist on Venus and Mars
d)
don't affect human life
46.
This picture best describes which connection?
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Geosphere-Biosphere
47.
Bats find shelter in caves
a)
Atmosphere-Biosphere
b)
Biosphere-Geosphere
c)
Geosphere-Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
48.
Polar Bears hunt seals on ice:
a)
Biosphere-Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
49.
A thunderstorm is a connection between:
a)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
b)
Atmosphere-Hydrosphere
c)
Hydrosphere-Geosphere
d)
Hydrosphere-Biosphere
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