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water cycle and atmosphere

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is precipitation?

a)

Sweat from our bodies on hot days

b)

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

c)

Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

d)

Any form of water that falls from the sky

2.

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

a)

The moon T

b)

The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

c)

The sun

d)

he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

3.

What are formed when water vapor condenses?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Transpiration

d)

Valleys

4.

The act of turning from a gas into a liquid. ________________________

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

5.

The mixture of gases that surround the earth. ____________________

a)

Landforms

b)

Sun

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Weathering

6.

The act of turning from a liquid into a gas. ___________________

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

7.

The major source of energy and the driving energy source of the water cycle. __________________

a)

moon

b)

ocaen

c)

Sun

d)

atmosphere

8.

The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land.

a)

weathering

b)

transpiration

c)

run-off

d)

precipitation

9.

The process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. __________________________

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

10.

The fall of water, ice, or snow deposited on the surface of the Earth from the atmosphere. __________

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

11.
What layer of the atmosphere does the weather occur in?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
12.
Evaporation is
a)
Gas turning into liquid
b)
Liquid turning into gas
13.
An example of run-off is...
a)
Rain falling from the sky
b)
Water collecting on the side of a cold glass
c)
Water running off a cliff into the river
d)
Steam rising from boiling water
14.
Evaporation is almost always caused by 
a)
Cold
b)
Heat
c)
Pressure
d)
The Force
15.
An example of precipitation is
a)
Steam
b)
Wind
c)
Snow
d)
Ocean Waves
16.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
17.
What comes after evaporation during the water cycle?
How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a  cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
18.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)
the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold
19.

Where is most water found on Earth?

a)

glaciers

b)

oceans

c)

rivers

d)

lakes

20.

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

a)

warm, sunny

b)

cold, rainy

c)

cold, sunny

d)

rainy, warm

21.
A student looks outside her window after it has rained. She sees many puddles of water. later that same day, the puddles are gone. Which process explains why the puddles are gone? 
a)
accumulation of runoff
b)
precipitation 
c)
evaporation 
d)
condensation 
22.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
23.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
24.
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.
25.
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.
26.
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.
27.
Which of the following causes all of the water on the planet to change its state (solid, liquid, gas) and move through the water cycle?
a)
amount of plant matter
b)
location of ice caps
c)
size of ocean
d)
temperature
28.
What cloud is found at ground level? 
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Culumlus 
d)
Fog
29.
What is      D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
30.
Which of these is not an example of precipitation?
a)
rain
b)
clouds
c)
sleet
d)
snow
31.

A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

32.

The gas that makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

33.

Lowest layer of the atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

34.

The highest layer of the atmosphere is

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

35.

Airplanes fly in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

36.

Meteor showers occur in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

37.

Earth's atmosphere is mostly made up of which 2 gases? CHOOSE 2!!!!!!

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

ozone

d)

water vapor

38.
What is a true fact about the mesosphere?
a)
it is the hottest layer
b)
meteors burn up here
c)
the ozone layer is found here
d)
Northern Lights happen here
39.
The Northern Lights occur in which layer?
a)
mesosphere
b)
exosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
stratosphere
40.
What layer comes next:
Troposphere - 
stratosphere -
?????
a)
mesosphere
b)
exosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
ionosphere
41.

What layer of the atmosphere is closest to outer space?

a)

mesosphere

b)

exosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

stratosphere

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