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Brainpop Water Cycle

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sum total of all water on Earth & in its atmosphere is called the ___________.

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Liquidsphere

c)

Hydrosphere

2.

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 evaporate

3.

Which reservoir in the water cycle contains the most water?

a)

The ice caps

b)

The oceans

c)

Groundwater

4.

Which of the following options depicts precipitation?

a)
b)
c)
5.

Rivers, oceans and lakes are considered as ________________.

a)

Runoff

b)

Surface Water

c)

Groundwater

6.

What is it called when rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers & streams?

a)

Transformation

b)

Runoff

c)

Irrigation

7.

Which of the following describes condensation?

a)

Water becoming ice in a freezer

b)

Liquid water being heated until it turns into steam.

c)

Steam from a teapot turning into liquid water.

8.

Which of the following is the process in which water soaks into the ground?

a)

Runoff

b)

Infiltration

c)

Evaporation

9.

Water perpetually cycles from the Earth to the atmosphere & back. In the previous sentence, what does "perpetually" mean?

a)

Constantly

b)

Rarely

c)

Occasionally

10.

Oceans, the atmosphere, & groundwater are all _______ in the water cycle.

a)

Nodes

b)

Sinks

c)

Reservoirs

11.

How long do molecules of groundwater stay in the ground?

a)

Days

b)

Weeks

c)

Anywhere from days to thousands of years

12.

What can you infer from the fact that there is the same amount of water on the planet now as there was one billion years ago?

a)

The total amount of water on earth changes gradually over time.

b)

There will probably be the same amount of water on the planet a billion years from now.

c)

There will be much less water on earth one billion years from now.