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Water Cycle

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False The atmosphere and the hydrosphere overlap.

a)

True water vapor can be found in the atmosphere

b)

False spheres are separate and do not interact

2.

Water leaves the plant life of the biosphere and enters the atmosphere by way of transpiration.

a)

False the biosphere does not contain plant life

b)

True in transpiration water goes from plants to the air

c)

What is water? I am Martian. Your ways are strange, Earthling.

3.

The wavy vertical arrows represent the movement of water into which of Earths systems?

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

In evaporation water turns from a _____________ to a______________.

a)

gas to a cloud

b)

liquid to a gas

c)

gas to a liquid

d)

liquid to a solid

5.

When water vapor loses thermal energy it (a)   , and millions of droplets come together to form clouds.

6.

During which parts/processes of the water cycle does water absorb energy? Click all that are true.

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

7.

During which parts/processes in the water cycle does water release energy?

a)

Melting

b)

Freezing

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

8.

True or False: When water melts if undergoes a chemical change.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are the three states of water in Earth's systems? They are ice, liquid water, and water (a)   .

10.

The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid is called_________.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

boiiling

d)

transpiration

11.

How does energy from the Sun cause evaporation?

a)

It breaks the bond between the water and the ground

b)

It breaks the bond between water molecules allowing them to spread out

c)

It attracts the water molecules

d)

It causes transpiration from streams

12.

A (a)   is made up of water droplets or tiny ice crystals that are so small they remain suspended in the air!

13.

Clouds form when ____________rises, cools, and condenses in to tiny droplets that join together.

a)

snowflakes

b)

smog

c)

water vapor

d)

smoke

14.

Which example is not a form of precipitation

a)

flooding

b)

snow

c)

rain

d)

hail