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Water cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Water vapor

2.

This is the part of the water cycle when liquids fall as rain, snow or hail

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

3.

Can people drink the water collected from precipitation?

a)

Yes

b)

I don't know

c)

No

d)

Maybe

4.

What is this

a)

evaporation

b)

accumulation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

5.
For the past few years the East Coast has been hit with an extreme amount of snow. Snow forms when tiny droplets in clouds freeze and fall to the ground. What is this snow called?
a)
saturation
b)
precipitation
c)
vapor
d)
humidity
6.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
7.

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

precipitation

8.
Sarah's mom was cooking pasta for dinner one night. As she was boiling the water, Sarah noticed that the water level was decreasing.As the steam left the pot it started to condense and form small droplets of water on the pot top. What happened to the steam if it was condensing?
a)
A liquid became a gas
b)
the amount of water vapor in the air decreased
c)
it was unable to hold more water
d)
 A gas became a liquid
9.

This is a picture of

a)

snow

b)

rain

c)

fog

d)

hail

10.
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
d)
lights up
11.

Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

runoff

12.

Precipitation is any form of water that falls on Earth.

a)

false

b)

true

13.
a)

condesation

b)

accumulation

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

14.

What type of precipitation is this ...

a)

rain

b)

dust

c)

soli

15.
After a long night of rain, we often walk outside and the ground is extremely wet. We can see puddles everywhere and our shoes get muddy. How would you describe the ground?
a)
groundwater
b)
atmopshere
c)
saturated
d)
condensed
16.

This is the part of the water cycle when the liquid evaporates

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

17.

The movement of water from Earth´s surface to the atmosphere and back again is called the...

a)

water atmosphere

b)

water movement

c)

water cycle

18.

This is an example of liquid

a)

Flashlight

b)

Oxygen

c)

Soda

19.

The final part of the cycle is

a)

collection

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

20.

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

a)

It causes it to boil

b)

It causes it to rain

c)

It causes it to sink

d)

It causes it to evaporate