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Water Cycle and Ground Water Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When water vapor condenses it changes from a
a)
Gas to a liquid
b)
Gas to a solid
c)
Liquid to a gas
d)
Liquid to a solid
2.

What is the water cycle powered by

a)

Earth gravitational Pull

b)

Moon

c)

The Sun

d)

Solar System

3.

The downward movement of water into the soil is called ?

a)

osmosis

b)

infiltration

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation

4.

The water that is stored below Earth's surface. It usually can be accessed through wells and or pump.

a)

surface water

b)

groundwater

c)

vapor water

5.

An area of land where all of the waters that is under it are collected, or drains off of it collects into the same place.

a)

water table

b)

watershed

c)

water cycle

d)

river beds

6.

Water pollution is coming from

a)

chemicals in herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers

b)

water treatment plants

c)

fishing

7.

A process to remove the major contaminants from used or sewage water and convert it into a reusable one to recharge the aquifer

a)

water restoration process

b)

wastewater treatment process

c)

disinfection and purification process

8.

Clouds are made of:

a)

Water vapor

b)

Water droplets or ice crystals

c)

Frogs

d)

Toxic chemicals

9.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)
the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold
10.

What is it called when plants give off water vapor from tiny pores on the back of the leaf ?

a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
11.

According to this diagram, what are two methods by which water on land (in lakes and streams) returns to the oceans? (Select TWO answers)

a)

Surface runoff

b)

Groundwater

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

12.

Runoff might contribute to the addition of pollutants to rivers, lakes, and oceans because...

a)

it carries pollutants from the atmosphere into bodies of water

b)

it collects any pollutants that are in or on the ground in the water supply

13.

what is it called when the earth sinks due to no ground water

a)

Seniority Clause

b)

Land Subsidance

c)

Percolation

d)

Watershed