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Water cycle

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice?

a)

how long it has been in a place

b)

if it is being used for anything

c)

what temperature it is

d)

what cup it is in

2.

When the temperature of a sample of water is -5 C, the water is ______?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

vapor

d)

gas

3.

In the water cycle, rain, snow, or sleet falling to the ground is a form of ____?

a)

collection

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

condensation

4.

A cook heats water on the stove until it reaches the temperature at which it boils. The water changes from _______.

a)

a liquid into a gas

b)

a gas into a liquid

c)

a liquid into a solid

d)

a solid into a liquid

5.

Water is found in three forms, or states. What are the 3 states of water?

a)

solid, liquid, and gas

b)

rain, snow, and sleet

c)

lakes, oceans, and streams

d)

collection, evaporation, and condensation

6.

In the condensation stage of the water cycle, tiny drops of water combine together to form ______.

a)

clouds

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

d)

rain

7.

The _______ is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth's surface as precipitation.

a)

water vapor

b)

heat

c)

water cycle

8.

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

9.

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

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

collection

10.

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

a)

collection

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

11.

Water freezes at what temperature?

a)

212 degrees F

b)

78 degrees F

c)

32 degrees F

d)

90 degrees F

12.

What do you call a body of water in the water cycle?

a)

precipitation

b)

run off

c)

collection

d)

water vapor

13.

What do we call the gas form of water as it changes from liquid to gas during evaporation?

a)

water cycle

b)

ice

c)

water vapor

d)

infilitration

14.

This is when water is absorbed into the ground.

a)

Condensation

b)

Infiltration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Runoff

15.

The process of water passing from earth, to the atmosphere, and back to earth, continuously.

a)

The Water Cycle

b)

Rain

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

16.

Number 4 in this picture is showing

a)

Evaporation

b)

Collection

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

17.

This is when water from a lake, river, or ocean gets heated up by the sun.

a)

Condensation

b)

Water Cycle

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

18.

This is when water vapor in the atmosphere packs together tightly and cools down.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Collection

19.

Number 5 in this picture is showing

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Collection

d)

Evaporation

20.

The plant version of evaporation is

a)

Condensation

b)

Collection

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

21.

When water or precipitation collects in one spot

a)

Accumulation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Transpiration

22.

This is when water flows downhill.

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff

23.

_____ drives the water cycle.

a)

Grass

b)

The Sun

c)

Lakes

d)

Clouds

24.

You might see this on the outside of a cold glass when it is hot outside.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Collection

d)

Condensation

25.

Hail, sleet, snow, and rain are all forms of...

a)

Condensation

b)

Collection

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

26.

In what phase of the water cycle do clouds form?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Collection

d)

Transpiration

27.

Sun turns water into...

a)

water vapor

b)

Rain

c)

Snow

d)

Sleet