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Water Cycle & States of matter

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three states of matter?
a)
Rock, Brick, Shoe
b)
Solid, Liquid, Gas
c)
Liquid, Water, Soda
d)
Rain, Sleet, Snow
2.
When water vapor gets cold, it turns to a...
a)
liquid
b)
solid
c)
raindrop
d)
ice
3.
What is an example of a solid turning into another state of matter? 
a)
breaking a chair into pieces
b)
adding food coloring to water
c)
tearing a piece of paper
d)
water freezing
4.
What do all liquids have in common?
a)
They are clear
b)
They can be poured
c)
They are sticky
d)
You can drink them
5.
What state of matter does this picture show?
a)
Liquid
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
d)
Matter
6.
What state of matter does this picture show?
a)
Gas
b)
Solid
c)
Matter
d)
Liquid
7.
Water can become all 3 states of matter. 
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is anything that takes up space and has mass?
a)
Mass
b)
Volume
c)
Melting
d)
Matter
9.
When you heat water it turns into a ____
a)
liquid
b)
water
c)
gas
d)
solid
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.

Atoms are made up of molecules.

a)

false

b)

true

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 fresh water is available for drinking?
a)
10%
b)
<1%
c)
3%
d)
15%
15.

Chemical formula to represent water's unique structure

a)

Hydrogen + 2 Oxygen

b)

2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen

c)

HO

d)

OH

16.
This is the state of matter that has no specific size or shape. It takes the shape and volume of the container or object. 
a)
gram
b)
Gas
c)
mililiters 
d)
solid
17.

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

a)

Water world

b)

Water Cycle

c)

Bicycle

d)

Precipitation

18.

When water in the form of ice, rain, sleet, hail, or snow, falls to Earth.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

19.

A process during which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to into gas.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

20.

Lakes, oceans, rivers, glaciers

a)

storage/collection

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

21.

A molecule has two or more atoms.

a)

false

b)

true

22.

What causes molecules to change from one state of matter to another?

a)

emotions

b)

temperature

c)

evaporation

d)

ice