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Water Cycle Assessment Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does energy move through the water cycle?

a)

Changes state so energy can move through the water cycle

b)

Energy doesn't move

c)

The only change in energy is evaporation

d)

Energy changes remain unchanged in the water cycle

2.

In which sphere would you find oxygen, nitrogen, ozone and other layers?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Cryosphere

d)

geosphere

3.

What provides the energy that drives the water cycle

a)

Running water

b)

the Sun

c)

the Moon

d)

the oceans

4.

The process of dry air moving over snow caps turning ice crystals to water vapor is known as

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Sublimation

5.

What is water vapor

a)

Gaseous Carbon Dioxide

b)

Gaseous Nitrogen

c)

Gaseous Oxygen

d)

Gaseous Argon

6.

In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Exosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Thermosphere

7.

What are the phase changes to for oceans to form glaciers;

glaciers to form fresh water; fresh water to become water vapor?

a)

freezing; melting; evaporation

b)

freezing; melting; sublimation

c)

melting; freezing; evaporation

d)

condensation; melting; evaporation

8.

What force causes water to move downhill?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Run-off

c)

Gravity

d)

the Sun

9.

Run off is __________, while infiltration is __________.

a)

Runoff is water moving uphill and infiltration is moving downhill

b)

Runoff is water moving downhill and infiltration is water seeping into the crust

c)

Both processes are the same

d)

Runoff is the only process that occurs with water on the earth's surface

10.

What phase change must occur for water vapor in the air to form clouds?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Deposition

d)

Condensation

11.

What phase change occurs where plants give off water as water vapor?

a)

Sublimation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Condensation

d)

Infiltration

12.

What has to happen with thermal energy for evaporation to occur?

a)

There is no change in energy

b)

Thermal energy must increase

c)

Thermal energy must decrease

d)

Thermal energy is not involved in the change

13.

When water moves from the hydrosphere to the atmosphere, what phase change occurs?

a)

Sublimation

b)

Deposition

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

14.

What are the 3 main steps of the water cycle?

a)

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

b)

Sublimation, Condensation, Precipitation

c)

Condensation. Evaporation, Sublimation

d)

Evaporation, Sublimation. Precipitation

15.

The water cycle would not occur if _____ was missing.

a)

the Moon

b)

the Sun

c)

the plants

d)

the animals