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Water Cycle Quiz, because we don't want to fail.

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Sublimation is when plants exert water vapor from their stems.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the Water Cycle's other name?

a)

Hydrologic Cycle

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Hydro System

3.

Which of these is NOT precipitation?

a)

Sleet

b)

Snow

c)

Fog

d)

Freezing rain

4.

Runoff is...

a)

Water that overflows from a body of water.

b)

Melting snow.

c)

Water that moves to the nearest water body.

d)

Water that flows under the ground.

5.

What is a watershed?

a)

An area underground where there is water?

b)

An area where all the water that falls in it, and drains off of goes into the same place?

c)

Another name for an ocean?

6.

True or False: Groundwater moves the slowest.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Define Aquifer?

a)

Water that is underground in large quantities.

b)

When water melts from snow.

c)

When snow becomes water vapor without melting first.

d)

Freshwater.

e)

Another name for groundwater.

8.

What order does the water cycle MAINLY go in? (After clouds have been in the sky for a few days, and they are dark now)

a)

Precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.

b)

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

c)

Condensation, evaporation, precipitation.

9.

What is infiltration?

a)

Water that runs to the nearest water body.

b)

Water that moves downward from the surface and into soil.

c)

Any water/water variation that falls from the sky.

d)

Water stored underground.

10.

What part of the water cycle is when liquid water becomes a gas? (Easy one)

(a)  

11.

How much water is NOT ocean water?

a)

3.4%

b)

20.5%

c)

96.5%

d)

4.4%

12.

What forms does water take during the water cycle?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

13.

True or False: Water bodies provide almost 90% of the moisture in the atmosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It depends.