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Water Cycle Review Game

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the water cycle?

a)

A bicycle that runs on water power

b)

A statistical analysis of H2O that verifies the meaning of life

c)

The limited amount of water on earth going around and around

d)

The transfer of water onto the ground with clouds

e)

All of the above

2.

What is evaporation

a)

The process of becoming invisible (magic trick)

b)

When the sun heats up a body of water and turns it from a liquid to a gas in the atmosphere

c)

The meaning of life as we perceive it is derived from philosophical and religious contemplation of, and scientific inquiries about existence, social ties, consciousness, and happiness

d)

The movement of water through atmosphere from oceans to land (clouds moving)

e)

I don't know bro

3.

What is condensation

a)

The process in which precipitation transitions to the movement therefore okay

b)

The whole universe was in a hot dense state that nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started wait....the earth began to cool the autotrophs began to drool neanderthals developed tools we built the wall (we built the pyramids), math science history unraveling the mystery it all started with the condensation

c)

The ability to be dense at any given period of time

d)

Water vapor gets cold and turns back to a liquid forming in clouds

e)

Water vapor gets warm and turns into a solid forming rocks

4.

What is precipitation

a)

When you go get an umbrella

b)

When you get a trophy for attending

c)

To know an answer to this question means to be rain. You ask: Does it make any sense, then, to pose this question? I answer: The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life

d)

When so much water has condensed that it can't hold it anymore so it falls back to the earth as just rain

e)

When so much water has condensed that it can't hold it anymore so it falls back to the earth as rain sleet or snow

5.

What is runoff

a)

Precipitation that did not absorb into soil or evaporate so it runs over the land to places that collect water

b)

When you fall down a hill and/or your acquaintance leaves you

c)

:(

d)

When you run a 5K but get off track so you go to Dunkin Donuts

e)

Precipitation that got absorbed into the soil and runs into the earth's core

6.

What is transportation

a)

Trains, cars, bicycles, subways, planes, horse if you're a horse guy/gal

b)

The act of psychologically moving something with your mind

c)

The movement of water through the atmosphere from oceans to land (clouds moving)

d)

The movement of water through the atmosphere from land to the ocean

e)

I give up

7.

What is transpiration

a)

The act of producing too much sweat

b)

There is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, which is transpiration

c)

How moisture is carried through the atmosphere

d)

Portuguese pizza

e)

How moisture is carried through plants, evaporation of water from plant leaves

8.

What is percolation

a)

Water filters up through the atmosphere

b)

The process of moving/herding/distributing cattle to fellow cattle lovers

c)

The meaning uncovered, at its core, points to the existence of percolation as the fundamental element in the fulfilment and design of the universe

d)

Water filters down through soil and helps fill lakes and groundwater

e)

All of the above!

9.

What is sublimation

a)

The method of transporting yourselves and others with a submarine #rich

b)

Transition from a solid to a gas, occurs in cold climates, skips liquid

c)

Transition from a liquid to a solid, occurs in warm climates, skips gas

d)

what IS sublimation?

e)

Accoutrements accessories, acumen quickness and keenness of judgment or insight, anomalistic deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule; phenomenal

10.

What is groundwater

a)

Water underground

b)

Water on the ground

c)

Water next to the ground

d)

Water above the ground

e)

All of the above

11.

What is deposition

a)

Depositing money into a bank #adulting

b)

The act of throwing debris and such into the ocean

c)

When vapor transitions from a liquid to a gas state, skipping solid

d)

North Dakota, South Dakota, Marilyn Monroe, RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!

e)

When vapor transitions straight from a gas to a solid, skips liquid

12.

What is infiltration

a)

The act of breaking and entering into your choice of an illegal establishment

b)

When you're a spy and you successfully break and enter into a secret lair #spykids

c)

Precipitation soaks into surface soil and seeps into cracks through pores, more shallow percolation

d)

Precipitation that undergoes significant changes as it becomes one with itself

e)

Yes