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The Water Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

When warm, evaporated air rises, it cools and begins to turn into liquid again. This part of the water cycle is called:

a)

a: transpiration

b)

b: precipitation

c)

c: runoff

d)

d: condensation

2.

When moisture is released from the leaves of trees into the air it is called:

a)

a: transpiration

b)

b: evaporation

c)

c: precipitation

d)

d: runoff

3.

What does condensation look like in the sky?

a)

It looks like rain

b)

It looks like clouds

c)

It looks like a tornado

d)

I see it on my windows

4.

The process by which molecules of water vapor become liquid water.

a)

transpiration

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

accumulation

5.

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface because of gravity.

a)

accumulation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

surface runoff

6.

In order for evaporation to occur, liquid water must change state into a ___________.

a)

gas

b)

solid

c)

ocean

7.

______________ is the step in the water cycle that moves the most amount of water up into the atmosphere.

a)

Condensation

b)

Crystallization

c)

Evaporation

8.

What is the correct order of the water cycle?

a)

cloud, water vapor, rain,

b)

water vapor, cloud, rain

c)

rain, cloud, water vapor

d)

water vapor, rain, cloud

9.

What is the correct order of the water cycle?

a)

precipitation, evaporation. run off, condensation

b)

evaporation, run off, precipitation, condensation

c)

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off

d)

run off, condensation, evaporation, precipitation

10.

What would happen if less water evaporated from the oceans?

a)

Ocean levels would increase and there would be more precipitation.

b)

Ocean levels would decrease and there would be more precipitation.

c)

Ocean levels would increase and there would be less precipitation.

d)

Ocean levels would decrease and there would be less precipitation.