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WorksheetsWater Cycle, Clouds, & Precipitation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where does the energy needed for the Water Cycle come from?
The Moon
Fossil Fuels
The Sun
Electricity
What is the process called when water vapor becomes liquid water?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Collection
What is it called when water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Collection
What bodies of water make up approximately 75% of the Earth’s surface?
Lakes
Rivers
Ice caps
Oceans
Clouds are made of:
Water vapor
Water droplets or ice crystals
Frogs
Toxic chemicals
Clouds can be broken down into these four categories:
Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus, and Cumulonimbus
Water vapor, water droplets, ice crystals, and dew
High clouds, Middle clouds, Low clouds, and Clouds with vertical growth
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
Fog, which forms very close to the ground, is an example of what kind of cloud?
Stratus
Altocumulus
Cirrus
Cumulus
What is not true about stratus clouds?
They are the high, thin and wispy clouds
They usually bring rain or snow
They cover the sky and have a cooling effect on the Earth
What is not true about cumulus clouds?
They look like cotton balls
They are often seen on rainy days
They are often seen with fair weather, like on sunny days
Cumulonimbus clouds are:
Thunderstorms with heavy rain
Flat and gray
Small and fluffy
Thin and wispy
Cirrus clouds can be found:
In a thunderstorm
Only in the summer
Close to the ground
High in the sky
A cirrus cloud looks:
Thin and wispy
Large and puffy
Dark and dangerous
Gray and full of rain
A stratus cloud looks like:
A cotton ball
A flat, gray blanket
A wispy, curl of hair
A tall, vertical cloud
Small particles in the air (such as dust and pollen) upon which water vapor can condense to form a cloud are called:
Ions
Stimuli
Condensation nuclei
Pollution
Precipitation that falls through the sky and hits the ground as a liquid, then freezes instantly when it hits the ground. Creates dangerous driving conditions.
Rain
Sleet
Freezing Rain
Snow
Precipitation that melts as it falls through the sky but then refreezes BEFORE it hits the ground as a solid ball of ice.
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Freezing Rain
Precipitation that melts on its way to the ground and remains a liquid drop of water before and after hitting the ground.
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Freezing Rain
Precipitation that falls through below freezing temperatures and remains an ice crystal as it falls and as it hits the ground.
Rain
Sleet
Snow
Freezing Rain
Precipitation that grows in layers each time it is pushed up or down in a cloud. Can be several inches in diameter. The only frozen summer precipitation.
Sleet
Snow
Hail
Freezing Rain
All weather occurs in this part of the Earth's atmosphere:
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
