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Water Cycle

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Evaporation is a state change from?

a)

Ice to liquid.

b)

Liquid to gas.

c)

Gas to solid.

d)

Crystals to water.

2.

The __________ is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Atmosphere

3.

What part of the water cycle takes place when any form of water falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Water accumulation

d)

Precipitation

4.

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

5.

What is precipitation?

a)

Sweat from our bodies on hot days

b)

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

c)

Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

d)

Any form of water that falls from the sky

6.

Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

a)

heats up and becomes liquid water

b)

cools and becomes liquid water

c)

freezes and becomes ice

d)

rains on the land

7.
What step of the water cycle occurs when clouds become too heavy? 
a)
Condensation
b)
Runoff
c)
Precipitation
d)
Evaporation
8.

The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

sublimation

d)

precipitation

9.

The ________ it is the faster water changes into water vapor.

a)

colder

b)

drier

c)

hotter

d)

slower

10.

The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called:

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

sublimation

d)

condensation

11.

When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes __________.

a)

precipitation

b)

sublimation

c)

runoff

d)

transpiration

12.

What provides energy in the water cycle?

a)

The moon tides

b)

The sun

c)

The gravitational pull on the north pole

13.

When a plant releases water through its leaves is called...

a)

precipitation

b)

leakage

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

14.

For condensation to occur, the warm water vapor must...

a)

gain thermal energy

b)

lose thermal energy

c)

freeze

15.

What force causes water to fall from the sky to Earth's surface, and to flow downhill from the mountains down to sea level?

a)

Solar energy

b)

Gravity

c)

Magnetism

d)

Water tension

16.

What energy source drives the entire Water Cycle?

a)

Geothermal energy (from Earth's core)

b)

Solar energy

c)

Hydroelectric energy

d)

Fossil fuels

17.

Water stored or flowing underground is called:

a)

Groundwater

b)

Suface water

c)

Dirty water

d)

Rock water

18.

What are clouds made of?

a)

Water vapor and liquid

b)

Liquid phase or solid phase water

c)

Small ice crystals and water vapor

d)

water in the gas phase

19.

Plants taking up water through their roots.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Absorption

c)

Excretion

d)

Evaporation

20.

When ice becomes a gas skipping the liquid phase this is called...

a)

sublimation

b)

deposition

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

21.

What is the correct label for letter H

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Sun

d)

Rain & Snow

22.

What is the correct label for letter A

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Cloud

23.

What is the correct label for letter C?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Transpiration

24.

What is the correct label for letter D?

a)

Groundwater flow

b)

Rain & Snow

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Transpiration

25.

What is the correct label for letter E?

a)

seepage or percolation

b)

Rain & Snow

c)

Groundwater flow

d)

Ocean

26.

What is the correct label for letter F?

a)

Water soaking down

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Groundwater flow

d)

Sun

27.

What is the correct label for letter G?

a)

Ocean

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Groundwater flow

d)

Evaporation

28.

What is the correct label for letter I?

a)

Ocean

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Groundwater flow

d)

Condensation

29.

What is the correct label for letter J?

a)

Sun

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Groundwater flow

d)

Condensation

30.

What is the correct label for letter K?

a)

Sun

b)

Water Vapor

c)

Surface runoff

d)

Condensation