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WorksheetsEarth Science Regents Water Cycle
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is climate
a)
long term weather conditions
b)
short term weather conditions
c)
the forces which create wind
d)
atmospheric conditions over a short term conditions over local
2.
Why wind belt has the greatest affect on the summer climate of New York State?
a)
prevailing northwesterlies
b)
prevailing northeasterlies
c)
prevailing southwesterlies
d)
prevailing southeasterlies
3.
The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates back down to Earth's surface
a)
water cycle
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
precipitation
4.
Which best defines evaporation?
a)
Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid.
b)
When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the “ground water” that plants and animals use to drink.
c)
When the water keeps going around, around and around.
d)
When the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam.
5.
When warm vapor rises, gets cold and gathers in the clouds is what part of the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Conservation
6.
What is condensation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
7.
When rain drops fall to earth.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Precipitation
8.
Process of evaporation through plant leaves.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Runnoff
d)
Evaporation
9.
Water that runs off the surface of the land, and flows downhill into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes
a)
Condensation
b)
Runoff
c)
Transpiration
d)
Evaporation
10.
This forms when water vapor changes from gas directly to ice crystals on a surface when the temperature at which condensing would take place are at the freezing point or below.
a)
dew
b)
rain
c)
snow
d)
frost
11.
When water vapor condenses directly onto a surface __________________ occurs.
a)
condensation
b)
dew
c)
rain
d)
frost
12.
When water enters the atmosphere as water vapor through the release of water vapor from plants' leaves.
a)
evaporation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
ground water
13.
When water goes into the ground and forms underground rivers and lakes.
a)
infiltration
b)
transpiration
c)
evaporation
d)
Gonzalesation
14.
__________ is an area's expected weather over a long period of time.
a)
Geology
b)
Climate
c)
Temperature
d)
Latitude
15.
What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
16.
Daily temperature, daily rainfall, daily amount of sunshine
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
17.
Climates are classified according to two major factors:
a)
elevation and precipitation
b)
latitude and temperature
c)
elevation and latitude
d)
precipitation and temperature
18.
When water becomes to heavy for the clouds to hold and falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are experiencing ...
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Precipitation
d)
Condensation
19.
What energy sources "drives" the water cycle?
a)
Tides
b)
Gravity
c)
moon rays
d)
heat from the sun
20.
Sand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are
a)
larger
b)
smoother
c)
rounder
d)
more soluble
21.
A soil sample with a large amount of space between the particles will have a
a)
low permeability rate
b)
low infiltration rate
c)
high porosity
d)
high capillarity
22.
Soil with the greatest porosity has particles that are
a)
poorly sorted and densely packed
b)
poorly sorted and loosely packed
c)
well sorted and densely packed
d)
well sorted and loosely packed
23.
The least amount of surface water runoff will occur when soil pore spaces are
a)
saturated and the slope is steep
b)
saturated and the slope is gentle
c)
unsaturated and the slope is steep
d)
unsaturated and the slope is gentle
24.
When rainfall occurs, the rainwater will most likely become surface runoff if the land surface is
a)
sandy
b)
impermeable
c)
covered with grass
d)
nearly flat
25.
Which combination of climate factors generally results in the coldest temperatures?
a)
low elevation and low latitude
b)
low elevation and high latitude
c)
high elevation and low latitude
d)
high elevation and high latitude
26.
Most of Earth's weather events take place in the
a)
thermosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
troposphere
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