Water Cycle Quiz

Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the land into streams, rivers, and lakes is called...

• accumulation

• runoff

• ground water

• surface water

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The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and other bodies of water.

• Surface water

• Water cycle

• Evaporation

• Runoff

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Impermeable means nothing (like water) can go through it. Which surface would be impermeable?

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Water that falls to the ground from the clouds is ___.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called:

• evaporation

• transpiration

• sublimation

• condensation

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Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through which process?

• evaporation

• sublimation

• transpiration

• condensation

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When water deos not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes __________.

• precipitation

• sublimation

• runoff

• transpiration

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What process is shown by letter B in the diagram?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

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The change in state from a liquid to a gas.

• Surface water

• Water cycle

• runoff

• Evaporation

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What powers the water cycle?

• The sun

• The moon

• The wind

• Waves

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