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WorksheetsWater Cycle #1 Easy
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 28mins
As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation
Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation
Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation
What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?
The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.
The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.
The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.
The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.
The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?
W
X
Y
Z
On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for there being different forms of precipitation?
Evaporation
Run-off
Temperature
Transpiration
What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?
Geologic cycle
Hydrologic cycle
Geosphere
Carbon cycle
What are formed when water vapor condenses?
Clouds
Mountains
Transpiration
Valleys
The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. ____________________
Evaporation
Convection
Precipitation
Transpiration
About how much salt water covers the earth?
52%
62%
72%
82%
