Water Cycle Practice

Which of the following is a form of precipitation?

• Oceans

• Hail

• Rivers

• Gravity

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun
• the earth
• water
• the moon

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

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

• precipitation

What is water doing when the sun's heat changes it from a liquid into water vapor?

• evaporating

• condensing

• transpiring

• freezing

Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Water can soak into Earth's surface as ____________.

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• ground water

What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?

• runoff

• glacier

• recharge

• tributary

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

Most of the water on Earth's surface accumulates in _________.

• lakes

• rivers

• oceans

• puddles

Water vapor forms clouds in the atmosphere during

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff