Cycles and Patterns Unit Test

In the Hydrologic Cycle, _______ is the process when water falls from the atmosphere. __________ is the process when water cools from a gas to a liquid.

• evaporation, collection

• precipitation, condensation

• runoff, condensation

• convection, precipitation

Process that moves sediments

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Deposition

It is Spring, the snow is melting and pooling on the soft ground. The day is cloudy and cool. Eventually the water seeps into the ground. This is an example of what part of the Water Cycle.

• Collection

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

You're making Mac N' Cheese and the pot of water begins to give off steam on the stove. You know the water will boil soon. The steam is what part of the water cycle?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

The water bottle you brought to sport practice has water droplets on the outside forming. This is an example of _________.

• Ground water

• Runoff

• Evaporation

• Condensation

It's raining and the water is running down the hill of the driveway at the middle school. This is an example of______.

• evaporation

• runoff

• condensation

• aquifer

How much of the Earth's water is Fresh Water ?

• 3%

• 17%

• 24%

• 35%

Weathering and Erosion will cause the creating of ______?

• sediment

• cementation

• compaction

• magma

Sedimentary rocks form through the process of _______ and ________.

• Cooling, Erosion

• Heat, Pressure

• Mechanical Weather, Heating

• Compaction, Cementation

How does sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

• conglomerate

• heat and pressure

• weathering

• cooling