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water cycle project 4 school

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first step in the water cycle?

a)

accumulation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

run-off

2.

What is the step that comes after evaporation in the water cycle

a)

run-off

b)

accumulation

c)

condenses

d)

condensation

3.

What comes after the step condensation in the water cycle?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

rain

4.

What comes after precipitation in the water cycle?

a)

run-off

b)

accumulation

c)

condensation

d)

none of these

5.

What is the final step in the water cycle?

a)

run-off

b)

evaporation

c)

accumulation

d)

precipitation

6.

What is the source of energy for the water cycle?

a)

water

b)

clouds

c)

the sun

d)

the moon

7.

Which of these is NOT a step of the water cycle?

a)

accumulation

b)

precipitation

c)

conducts

d)

run off

8.

During evaporation water turns from a ______ to a _______

a)

liquid , gas

b)

gas , liquid

c)

liquid , solid

d)

gas , solid

9.

What are the four types of precipitation

a)

Snow , sleet , rain , hail

b)

Snow , rain , tornadoes , thunderstorms

c)

Rain , hail , sleet , snow , tsunamis

d)

tsunamis , thunderstorms , tornadoes , hurricanes

10.

True or false : The water cycle has no end or start

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Water in it's gas form is called

a)

Water vapor

b)

Vapor

c)

Water gas

d)

All of the above

12.

What is the opposite of condensation

a)

Evaporation

b)

Accumulation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Run off

13.

Where is most water found on earth

a)

Lakes

b)

RIvers

c)

The ocean

d)

Glaciers

e)

Ponds

14.

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

15.

Water is very important for life. We need water for . . . .

a)

cooking

b)

hydrating the body

c)

washing

d)

showering

16.

Which example is a form of precipitation?

a)

ice

b)

fog

c)

frost

d)

hail

17.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
18.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
19.

What is C?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

20.

During condensation, water vapour changes from a _________ to a __________.

a)

liquid, solid

b)

gas, liquid

c)

gas, solid

d)

solid, liquid

21.

What is evaporation?

a)

The process when liquid water turns to a gas called water vapor

b)

The process when clouds evaporate to jesus

c)

The process when liquids like juice and milk evaporate into the clouds

d)

The process when liquid water floats to the sun

22.

What is condensation?

a)

The process when a gas changes to a liquid

b)

The process when a liquid changes to a gas

c)

The process when rain, sleet, snow, and hail fall from the clouds

d)

The process when matter condenses and turns into a liquid

23.

What is precipitation?

a)

When rain,sleet,hail, and snow fall from clouds

b)

When rain,sleet,hail, and snow fall from the sky

c)

When cats and dogs rain from the clouds

d)

none of these

24.

What is accumulation?

a)

When water gathers back to earths surface and the cycle repeats

b)

When water goes back to the clouds

c)

When precipitation gathers back to earths surface and the cycle repeats

d)

When water goes underground and turns into dirt

25.

What is the water cycle?

a)

when water reproduces and has water children

b)

the movement of water from the surface of the earth to the air and back to the surface again

c)

when water evaporates into the air and creates water vapour

d)

when clouds form and then precipitation occurs

26.

where is water vapor?

a)

in lakes,oceans,ponds,rivers etc

b)

the clouds

c)

all around us

d)

we breath water vapor

27.

who or what made the water cycle

a)

people

b)

it's from nature

c)

jesus

d)

the sky