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WorksheetsWEALD Y7 Hydrological cycle learning check
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Evaporation is...
The sun heats water liquid which turns into a gas called
water vapour.
The water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid.
When water hits the land, some of it flows into rivers.
Transpiration is
The water droplets become bigger and heavier and fall from the sky as rain or snow.
Some water is soaked up by the soil.
Some water is used by plants and trees and then they return this water vapour back into the sky from their leaves.
Condensation is
Some water sinks into the rocks underground.
When water hits the land, some of it flows into rivers.
The water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid.
Precipitation is
The sun heats water liquid which turns into a gas called water vapour.
The water droplets become bigger and heavier and fall from
the sky as rain or snow.
The water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid.
Water flows though the soil.
Infiltration is
Some water sinks into the rocks underground.
Water flows through the rocks underground.
Some water is soaked up by the soil.
What % of Earth is covered by water?
50%
75%
Surface runoff is
When water hits the land, some of it flows over the surface.
Water flows though the soil.
Throughflow is...
When water hits the land, some of it flows into rivers.
The water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid
Water flows though the soil.
What % of the Earth's water is contained in the seas and oceans?
97%
50%
2%
100%
True or False: The water from your tap could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank
True
False
