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Water Cycling

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most fresh water in the atmosphere is in the form of what ?

a)

Vapor water

b)

Solid water

c)

Frozen water

d)

Boiling water

2.

What percent of Earths freshwater is usable ?

a)

73%

b)

53%

c)

77%

d)

71%

3.

A plant releasing water vapor into the atmosphere is ?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Water vapor

d)

Condensation

4.

What is the water cycle powered by ?

a)

The Earth

b)

The clouds

c)

The wind

d)

The sun

5.

What does evaporation turn water into ?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Water vapor

c)

Ice

d)

Fresh water

6.

If groundwater reaches the surface, how does it reenter the water cycle ?

a)

It travels to the bottom of the Earth

b)

A cloud comes to get it

c)

It reenters the Earth by evaporation into the Earths atmosphere

d)

It's dug out

7.

True or False: The water cycle has no true ending or beggening ?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

How do clouds form ?

a)

Condensed water drops of water mixed with particles of dust

b)

Dirt building up in te air

c)

Electricity forming in dust particles

d)

Pillow like material mixed with water droplets

9.

How many steps are in the water cycle ?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

3

10.

Collection on Earth can be in the form of ?

a)

Rivers

b)

Lakes

c)

Oceans

d)

Clouds

11.

Which human activity can alter the water cycle ?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Building

c)

Digging

d)

Irrigation

12.

What is the process in which clouds let water go as rainfall called ?

a)

Sublimation

b)

Rain

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

13.

Which of the following are not a major process of the water cycle ?

a)

Perspiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

14.

What's another name for the water cycle ?

a)

Groundwater cycle

b)

Hydrological cycle

c)

El Nino cycle

d)

Carbon -water cycle

15.

On which days will the process of evaporation be the fastest ?

a)

Cold days

b)

Rainy days

c)

Hot days

d)

Cloudy days

16.

What is reservoir?

a)

Water storage

b)

Universe

c)

Sinks

d)

Cloud material

17.

The water that can't be absorbed by the soil because it's saturated to it's full capacity.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Grass

d)

Surface run-off

18.

The process in which the water pools in large bodies of water (oceans, seas, lakes)

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Accumulation

d)

Subsurface run-off

19.

Does the water cycle infer with the atmosphere ?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

Is the water cycle important ?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe