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Water Cycle and Drainage Basins

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the energy source for the hydrological cycle?

a)

the Sun

b)

the Earth

c)

water

d)

the Moon

2.

What part of the hydrological cycle does this picture show?

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

3.

What part of the hydrological cycle does this picture show?

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

4.

What part of the hydrological cycle does this picture show?

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

5.
When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.
a)
cold
b)
hot
c)
warm
d)
solid
6.
When water condenses, the liquid water forms ______________.
a)
water vapor
b)
steam
c)
air
d)
clouds
7.
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
d)
lights up
8.
Which of these is not an example of precipitation?
a)
rain
b)
clouds
c)
sleet
d)
snow
9.
Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?
a)
before
b)
after
c)
during
10.

What is the term for water flowing back to the sea over the land.

a)

Groundwater Flow

b)

Surface Runoff

c)

Through Flow

d)

Infiltration

11.

What is it called when moisture from plants and leaves is lost to the atmosphere?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Throughflow

d)

Percolation

12.

What is an area of land drained by a main river and its tributaries?

a)

Watershed

b)

Bath Tub

c)

Drainage Basin

d)

Water Cycle

13.

What marks the boundary between two drainage basins?

a)

A fence

b)

A river

c)

A watershed

d)

A confluence

14.

True or False: Everybody lives in a drainage basin

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The section labelled A is known as the

a)

watershed

b)

source

c)

tributary

d)

mouth

16.

The section labelled D is known as the

a)

river valley

b)

main stream

c)

tributary

d)

spring

17.

True or False: A drainage basin and a watershed are the same.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which of these shows a diagram of a Drianage Basin?

a)
b)
19.

Which of these shows a river channel?

a)
b)
20.

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

a)

Confluence

b)

Tributary

c)

Mouth

d)

Watershed

21.
The water cycle has no start or end
a)
true
b)
false