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The Water Cycle

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy from the _________ drives the water cycle.

a)

clouds

b)

sun

c)

water

d)

ground

2.

The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Water Cycle

d)

Condensation

3.

Rainwater that runs down the side of a hill and back into a water source.

a)

Runoff

b)

Precipitation

c)

Water Cycle

d)

Transpiration

4.

The process by which water is heated, turns to vapor, and moves into the atmosphere. (Water changing from liquid to water vapor or gas.)

a)

Transpiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

5.

Most of Earth’s water is in the _______.

a)

glaciers

b)

oceans

c)

rivers

d)

lakes

6.

The process by which water vapor cools and returns to liquid state.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

7.

The process by which condensed water falls back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Transpiration

8.

What does water vapor do before it returns to the Earth as rain or snow?

a)

It condenses and forms clouds in the sky

b)

lt goes back into the oceans

9.

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

10.

When liquid water is heated and changed into a gas, it is called _______.

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

11.

_____% of the Earth's surface is water.

a)

10

b)

75

c)

35

d)

40