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Thermal Energy/Water Cycle

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of energy has to do with TEMPERATURE.

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Thermal

2.

The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact is called:

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

3.

The transfer of thermal energy through circulation of a liquid or gas is called:

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

4.

This is the transfer of thermal energy through waves.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

5.

When you HEAT something up you INCREASE the thermal energy causing atoms to move:

a)

Speed up

b)

Slow Down

6.

When you COOL something down, you DECREASE the thermal energy causing atoms to move:

a)

Speed Up

b)

Slow Down

7.

The moisture that falls from clouds to Earth's surface is called...

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

8.

The process of water being released from clouds in the form of rain, hail or snow.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

9.

The process of water changing from solid to a liquid is called...

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

10.

When Condensation occurs it forms Clouds?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Sublimation

a)

Solid to gas

b)

Gas to Solid

c)

Solid to Liquid

12.

What happens when sun hits the water?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Collection

13.

What is it called when a gas turns into a liquid?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaportation

c)

Collection

d)

Precipitation

14.

The water cycle is defined as:

a)

The path water takes from the earth to the clouds and back again.

b)

The process when liquid changes into vapor or gas.

c)

The process of gas turning into a liquid.

d)

The process by which plants give off moisture into the atmosphere.

15.

What comes after collection in the water cycle?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Collection

16.

What comes after precipitation?

a)

Condensation

b)

Collection

c)

Evaporation

d)

Clouds

17.

What comes after evaporation in the water cycle?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Collection

d)

Precipitation

18.

What comes after condensation?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Collection

d)

Evaporation

19.

Rain, sleet, snow, or hail are all types of...

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Collection

20.

Water gathering in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, and other bodies of water is called...

a)

Condensation

b)

Collection

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

21.

The process that makes CLOUDS is...

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Collection

22.

Water in gas form is called...

a)

Liquid

b)

Water

c)

Ice

d)

Water Vapor

23.


What makes water change states in the water cycle?

a)

Clouds

b)

Water

c)

Gravity

d)

Sun's Energy

24.

To make clouds it has to get____.

a)

Warm and less dense

b)

Warm and more dense

c)

Cool and MORE dense

d)

Cool and less dense

25.

Changing water from a gas to a liquid is called...

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Melting

d)

Freezing

26.

The continuous process of changes to water as it moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back is called...

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

27.

What is precipitation?

a)

When you use water and it evaporates

b)

When any form of water falls from the clouds

28.

What does collection mean in the water cycle?

a)

This is when water that falls from the clouds is in the form of rain, snow, sleet & hail.

b)

Precipitation that does not get absorbed.

c)

The downward process of moving water from land into rock.

29.

Precipitation that doesn't get absorbed into the soil or evaporate. Collects in rivers, lakes, ponds, or oceans is called...

a)

Ground water

b)

Run off

30.

This is a place where water can be stored

a)

Ice, Snow, Glaciers

b)

Oceans

c)

Clouds

d)

All of these

31.

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

32.

The average weather conditions in a specific area over a long period of time.

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

33.

This is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another.

a)

Waves

b)

Heat

c)

Circulation

34.

This is an NOT an example of CONDUCTION:

a)

A Seabreeze

b)

Chocolate on a rod

c)

Butter melting on pancakes

d)

Touching a stove

35.

Ironing a wrinkled shirt is an example of:

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

36.

Adding hot water to your cold bath is an example of:

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

37.

Feeling the sun warming the surface of a rock is an example of:

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

38.

The sun evaporates water into the atmosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

When plants release water into their leaves.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Condensation

40.

When water vapor in the atmosphere COOLS, changing into a liquid...

a)

It evaporates and loses energy

b)

It evaporates and gains energy

c)

It condenses and loses energy

d)

It condenses and gains energy