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5th Grade Science--Water Cycle

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the source of all energy on Earth, which powers the water cycle?

a)

the moon

b)

oxygen

c)

the sun

d)

water

2.

The envelope of gasses surrounding the Earth or another planet

a)

evaporation

b)

water cycle

c)

canopy

d)

atmosphere

3.

Water constantly moving from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and then back to the Earth's surface

a)

water vapor

b)

water cycle

c)

solar energy

d)

transpiration

4.

Radiant energy from the sun. The sun heats up water on Earth.

a)

water cycle

b)

solar energy

c)

condensation

d)

atmosphere

5.

The process by which a liquid changes to a gas

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

6.

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

7.

A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere

a)

blimp

b)

transpiration

c)

cloud

d)

hot air balloon

8.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
9.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
10.
Label D on the diagram is...
a)
condenstation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
11.
Label E on the diagram is...
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
12.

What is the gas form of water?

a)

ice

b)

sleet

c)

water vapor

d)

hurricane

13.

The draining away of water from an area of land, a building, or a structure

a)

surface tension

b)

surface runoff

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

14.

A form of water that falls from clouds to the earth

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

precipitation

d)

condensation

15.

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops

a)

rain

b)

hail

c)

fog

d)

evaporation

16.

Jax travels to Colorado and sees water vapor frozen into ice crystals falling from the sky in light white flakes. What does he see?

a)

snow

b)

rain

c)

sleet

d)

hail

17.

When Mason was in Pennsylvania, he had to grab a jacket because rain containing some ice was falling from the sky. What was making him cold and wet?

a)

hail

b)

snow

c)

sleet

d)

meatballs

18.

Owen's mom says it is hard to see driving to school because there is a thick cloud of water droplets in the atmosphere near Earth's surface one morning. What condition is that?

a)

sleet

b)

hail

c)

thunderstorm

d)

fog

19.

Jordan yelled "Ouch!" after he was hit by a large pellet of frozen rain that looked like a ball of ice.

What hit him on the head?

a)

fog

b)

sleet

c)

snow

d)

hail