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Water Cycle Vocabulary LeaderBoard

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If something is trustworthy or credible, it is considered...

a)

Disloyal

b)

Dishonest

c)

Reliable

d)

Fake

2.

Which of the following is based on our five senses?

a)

Inferences

b)

Observations

c)

Conclusions

d)

Analyses

3.

The water cycle models how water...

a)

suddenly disappears

b)

gets stuck in the atmosphere

c)

changes to liquid in the atmosphere

d)

changes state between Earth and the atmosphere

4.

Which of these best describes evaporation from plant leaves?

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run-off

5.

Which of the following is any liquid that falls back to Earth's surface like hail or snow?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

6.

Which of these best explains why water drops form on your mirror after a hot shower?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Run-ff

7.

Which of the following best describes the process when liquid water becomes a gas, like boiling a pot of water?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Transpiration

8.

This process happens to the ice when you leave a drink sitting in the sun for a while.

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

9.

The freezer in your kitchen completes this process on water.

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

10.

Which of these best explains why water falls back to the Earth as precipitation?

a)

The sun

b)

The clouds

c)

Gravity

d)

The number of mountains

11.

What is water called when it is found under Earth's surface in cracks between the soil?

a)

Rivers

b)

Ice

c)

Ground water

d)

Oceans

12.

Normally, water runs-off to the oceans, but sometimes it becomes ground water through which process?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

13.

True or false: The amount of water in the water cycle remains CONSTANT

a)

True

b)

False