WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The sum total of all water on Earth and in its atmosphere is called the:
Biosphere
Terrasphere
Hydrosphere
Liquisphere
Oceans, the atmosphere, and groundwater are all ________ in the water cycle.
Nodes
Sinks
Reservoirs
Stations
Water perpetually cycles from the Earth to the atmosphere and back. In the previous sentence, what does "perpetually" mean?
Constantly
Frequently
Occasionally
Rarely
What effect does the sun have on surface water?
It causes it to boil
It causes it to rain
It causes it to sink
It causes it to evaporate
What is it called when rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers and streams?
Transformation
Runoff
Irrigation
Desertification
Which of the following options depicts precipitation?
Which of the following describes condensation?
Ice becoming water when placed into a warm liquid.
Water becoming ice in a freezer
Liquid water being heated until it turns into steam.
Steam from a teapot turning into liquid water.
What can you infer from the fact that there is the same amount of water on the planet now as there was one billion years ago?
The total amount of water on earth changes gradually over time.
There will probably be the same amount of water on the planet a billion years from now.
There have been many fluctuations in the water cycle over the last billion years.
There will be much less water on earth one billion years from now.
Which reservoir in the water cycle contains the most water?
The ice caps
The oceans
Groundwater
Surface water
How long do molecules of groundwater stay in the ground?
Days
Weeks
Months
Anywhere from days to thousands of years
