WorksheetsWater Cycle
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Evaporation is a state change from?
Ice to liquid.
Liquid to gas.
Gas to solid.
Crystals to water.
The __________ is all the water on the surface of the Earth, underground, and in the atmosphere.
Hydrosphere
Asthenosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere
What part of the water cycle takes place when any form of water falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface?
Evaporation
Condensation
Water accumulation
Precipitation
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?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation
Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation
Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation
What is precipitation?
Sweat from our bodies on hot days
Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet
Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens
Any form of water that falls from the sky
Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.
heats up and becomes liquid water
cools and becomes liquid water
freezes and becomes ice
rains on the land
The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.
evaporation
condensation
sublimation
precipitation
The ________ it is the faster water changes into water vapor.
colder
drier
hotter
slower
The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called:
evaporation
transpiration
sublimation
condensation
When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes __________.
precipitation
sublimation
runoff
transpiration
What provides energy in the water cycle?
The moon tides
The sun
The gravitational pull on the north pole
When a plant releases water through its leaves is called...
precipitation
leakage
condensation
transpiration
For condensation to occur, the warm water vapor must...
gain thermal energy
lose thermal energy
freeze
What force causes water to fall from the sky to Earth's surface, and to flow downhill from the mountains down to sea level?
Solar energy
Gravity
Magnetism
Water tension
What energy source drives the entire Water Cycle?
Geothermal energy (from Earth's core)
Solar energy
Hydroelectric energy
Fossil fuels
Water stored or flowing underground is called:
Groundwater
Suface water
Dirty water
Rock water
What are clouds made of?
Water vapor and liquid
Liquid phase or solid phase water
Small ice crystals and water vapor
water in the gas phase
Plants taking up water through their roots.
Transpiration
Absorption
Excretion
Evaporation
When ice becomes a gas skipping the liquid phase this is called...
sublimation
deposition
condensation
evaporation
What is the correct label for letter H
Transpiration
Evaporation
Sun
Rain & Snow
What is the correct label for letter A
Transpiration
Evaporation
Surface Runoff
Cloud
What is the correct label for letter C?
Condensation
Precipitation
Surface Runoff
Transpiration
What is the correct label for letter D?
Groundwater flow
Rain & Snow
Surface Runoff
Transpiration
What is the correct label for letter E?
seepage or percolation
Rain & Snow
Groundwater flow
Ocean
What is the correct label for letter F?
Water soaking down
Water Vapor
Groundwater flow
Sun
What is the correct label for letter G?
Ocean
Water Vapor
Groundwater flow
Evaporation
What is the correct label for letter I?
Ocean
Water Vapor
Groundwater flow
Condensation
What is the correct label for letter J?
Sun
Water Vapor
Groundwater flow
Condensation
What is the correct label for letter K?
Sun
Water Vapor
Surface runoff
Condensation
