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The Water Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water moves through which set of spheres?

a)

Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Layersphere

b)

Ozonesphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere

c)

Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere

d)

Ozonesphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Layersphere

2.

The lithosphere is....

a)

living matter on Earth, including all plant and animal life forms.

b)

the water on the surface of the Earth, in oceans, rivers, lakes, rain and mist.

c)

the thin, fragile layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.

d)

the Earth's crust, including land forms, rocks and soils.

3.

Which of these terms means the process by which water turns from a liquid into a gas, then escapes into the atmosphere?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

4.

Which of these terms means the process by which water vapour turns into droplets of liquid water in the form of dew, fog or clouds?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Run-off

d)

Infiltration

5.

Which of these terms means the process by which water moves through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers?

a)

Run-off

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

6.

Examples of precipitation include...

a)

Sleet

b)

Rain

c)

Hail

d)

All of the above

7.

Which of these terms means the process by which water on the ground surface soaks into the soil?

a)

Absorption

b)

Disappearing

c)

Infiltration

d)

Photosynthesis

8.

Run off is water (from precipitation) that...

a)

runs really fast.

b)

flows into people's backyards.

c)

no living creature can drink.

d)

flows over the land and collects in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.

9.

What process belongs where the ???????????? are?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Infiltration

10.

Finish this lyric: "The Water Cycle takes the water and moves it up and down and...

a)

all around the world."

b)

all around the Earth."

c)

all over the world."

d)

all over the Earth."