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Water Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?

a)

Provide heat energy for evaporation

b)

Provide heat energy for condensation

c)

Dry out the soil for runoff to occur

d)

Provide thermal energy for accumulation

2.

What is it called when plants give off water vapour as a waste product?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Freezing

d)

Transpiration

3.

Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into gas.

a)

cools

b)

heats up

c)

freezes

d)

lights up

4.

During which stage do clouds form?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

5.

Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapour?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Freezing

d)

Melting

6.

The sun will cause water in the puddle to change from _________.

a)

gas to liquid

b)

liquid to gas

c)

solid to liquid

d)

liquid to solid

7.

What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

8.

What is it called when water droplets form on the outside of a cool glass?

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

9.

What are formed when water vapor condenses?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Valleys

10.

What is process A?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration