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Lesson 5: Water Cycle and Weather

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which process of the water cycle is similar to water droplets forming on grass early in the morning?

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

runoff

2.

This is responsible for keeping water constantly moving in the water cycle?

a)

sunlight

b)

wind

c)

earthquakes

d)

molten core of Earth

3.

All of the water on Earth makes up this?

a)

water table

b)

atmosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

none of these

4.

When water changes from a liquid to a gas, it is called?

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

runoff

d)

condensation

5.

Most of the frozen water on Earth is found in?

a)

groundwater

b)

glaciers

c)

geysers

d)

hail

6.

When plants lose water through pores in their leaves?

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

runoff

d)

percolation

7.

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 sink

d)

It causes it to evaporate

8.

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Runoff

9.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)
the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold
10.

The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

11.

What are formed when water vapor condenses and come together?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Transpiration

d)

Valleys

12.

In this picture, the energy from the sun is causing the water in the lake to ______________________________, and the clouds are being pulled down by _____________________________.

a)

condensate; gravity

b)

evaporate; gravity

c)

transpiration; the atmosphere

13.

What changes in the atmosphere cause dew?

a)

Solid water on Earth's surface melts

b)

Liquid water in the air crystallizes

c)

Water vapor in the air condenses

d)

Water inside plants transpire

14.

Fog is what type of cloud:

a)

Status

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

15.

Evaporation and transpiration rates increase when:

a)

Temperatures drop

b)

Temperatures stay the same

c)

Temperatures increase

16.

A town in Massachusetts and a town in Maryland are both expecting precipitation. Massachusetts is experiencing average temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius, while Maryland is experiencing average temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius. What type of precipitation are each states likely to receive?

a)

Maryland will receive snow and Massachusetts will receive rain

b)

Maryland will receive rain and Massachusetts will receive snow

c)

Both will receive snow

d)

Both will receive rain

17.

As the amount of solar energy that reaches Earth's surface increases, evaporation and condensation will do what?

a)

Evaporation will increase, Condensation will decrease

b)

Evaporation will decrease, Condensation will increase

c)

Both will decrease

d)

Both will increase

18.

What form of precipitation is liquid?

a)

Snow

b)

Sleet

c)

Hail

d)

Rain

19.

What form of precipitation is made up small ice crystals?

a)

Snow

b)

Sleet

c)

Hail

d)

Rain

20.

What do cumulonimbus clouds NOT create?

a)

Thunderstorms

b)

Sunny days

c)

Hail

d)

Lightening