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WATER CYCLE QUIZ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Forms of precipitation are-
a)
only sleet and snow
b)
rain, sleet, hail, and snow
c)
only dew and rain 
d)
only snow and rain
2.
When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
runoff
3.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
4.
What is precipitation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
5.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a)
cold, rainy
b)
cold, sunny
c)
warm, rainy
d)
warm, sunny
6.

What do we call water in its gas state?

a)

rain

b)

snow

c)

ice

d)

water vapor

7.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
8.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
9.

A

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Sublimation

d)

Condensation

e)

Precipitation

10.

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

a)

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

b)

Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

c)

Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

d)

Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

11.

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

a)

The moon T

b)

The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

c)

The sun

d)

he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

12.

There are three stages of the water cycle in the picture. What's happening in letter A?

a)

condensation

b)

collection

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

13.

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

14.

Runoff means...

a)

water vapor cooling to form clouds

b)

water running downhill

c)

water falling from the sky

d)

water heating up and rising as gas

15.
What is evaporation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
16.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
17.
How much of our planet is estimated to be covered with water?
a)
68%
b)
50%
c)
97%
d)
75%
18.

Gravity causes ___________________ to occur.

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

d)

none of the above

19.

Which example is a form of precipitation?

a)

Dew

b)

Fog

c)

Frost

d)

Hail

20.

Groundwater moves from a lower elevation to a higher elevation.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Water that is stored underground.

a)

Runoff

b)

Aquifer

c)

groundwater

d)

Pond

22.

A body of rock that stores groundwater.

a)

Runoff

b)

spring

c)

aquifer

d)

atmosphere

23.

In order for evaporation to occur, liquid water must change state into a ___________.

a)

gas

b)

solid

c)

plasma

24.

Besides precipitation, what other step of the water cycle is driven by Gravity?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Run-off

25.

Infiltration is when the water soaks at the bottom of soil while percolation is when the water settles at the surface layer of the soil

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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