The Water Cycle

Multiple Choice

In the morning, you observe that water droplets have formed on grass. Which process occurred when the water droplets formed on the grass?

• condensation

• deposition

• evaporation

• sublimation

Multiple Choice

The process in which water vapor is released into the atmosphere through plants.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

Multiple Choice

The process by which molecules of water vapor become liquid water.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

Multiple Choice

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface because of gravity.

• accumulation

• precipitation

• condensation

• surface runoff

Multiple Choice

______________ is the step in the water cycle that moves the most amount of water up into the atmosphere.

• Condensation

• Crystallization

• Evaporation

Multiple Choice

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

Multiple Choice

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun
• the earth
• water
• the moon

Multiple Choice

Water flows along the surface. This happens if the ground is very hard or wet which makes it impermeable i.e. water cannot pass through. 

• Throughflow
• Infiltration
• Surface runoff
• Groundwater