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WorksheetsThe Water Cycle (EASY)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the average time water spends in the ocean?
2,000 years
500 years
20,000 years
3,000 years
During condensation, water changes from a _________ to a _________.
Liquid to a solid
Gas to a liquid
Solid to a gas
Liquid to a gas
During evaporation, water changes from a _______ to a _______.
Gas to a liquid
Liquid to a gas
Solid to a liquid
Liquid to a solid
Do you know how to describe The Water Cycle?
No
Yes
What is Precipitation?
When water droplets become too heavy, they fall down.
The temperature of the Earth
How the Earth looks
A book
What is Transpiration?
When water from leaves evaporate
When water flows down a hill
When water evaporates from the leaves of the plants.
When water soaks into the ground.
How long can a person survive without water?
2 days
2 weeks
3 days
1 month
What type of river valley is the oldest?
V valley
Grand Canyon
P valley
Plateau
Define a river basin:
A piece of land that has water flowing either under or across it.
A small stream
A drink
An area where water gets drained
What is Infiltration?
When water soaks into the ground.
A medical term
When water evaporates from the ground
When water flows across the ground
What percentage of the fresh water is in a form we can use?
25%
10%
1%
5%
What is the average time water spends in the atmosphere?
20 days
8 days
4 weeks
24 hours
What percentage of the worlds water is FRESH water?
50%
2.5%
10%
20%
What type of river valley is the youngest?
P valley
D valley
The Nile
V valley
What are two types of river deposits?
Deltas
Oceans
Natural Levees
The nile river
Define watershed:
A shelter
An area where water goes out to a common outlet
An event
Another name for a house
What are the 3 types of flood control?
Artificial Levees
Flood Control Dams
Humans
Limiting Development
Define an aquifer:
A movie made in 2007
A body of rock that can store water
Another name for a school of fish
A bone in your body
The level below which the ground is saturated with water
Water Table
Wells
Spring Water
Saturation
Access drilled into groundwater
Springs
Wells
Septic tanks
Landfills
Households use %______ for the _____________.
%11.1 Sink
%26.7 Toilet
% 23.4 Washer and Dryer
%34.6 Watering plants
Water that is underneath the ground
Spring water
Groundwater
Ice
Well water
Water tables that break the grounds surface
Wells
Springs
Sewers
Waterfalls
All spaces of soil are filled up by water
Zone of Saturation
Downpour of rain
Lake
Ocean
The 2nd most groundwater use in the US is used for ____________ ___________.
Public Supply
Washing Clothes
Washing Dishes
Farming
How do people access groundwater?
They drill into wells
It magically appears
They don't have to
They don't need water
The most groundwater in the US is used for ____________.
Drinking
Public Supply
Irrigation
Cooking
Name 3 ways you could save water in your day to day life.
Turn off the faucet
Keep the faucet on
Turn off the water when you are not using it
Take shorter showers
Take longer showers
Household use 2nd highest % = _______ for _________________.
%22.8 farming
%11.2 Cooking
%4.9 Washing dishes
%21.7 clothes washer
What are the most common causes of groundwater contamination?
Septic Tanks
Farm Wastes
Broken Sewers
Landfills
