Water Cycle Quiz

What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas, primarily driven by solar energy?

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Runoff

When water vapor in the air cools and forms tiny water droplets or ice crystals, it is a phase of the water cycle known as:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Which term refers to the process of water soaking into the ground and replenishing underground aquifers?

• Runoff

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

When rainwater flows over the surface of the land and eventually into rivers, lakes, and oceans, it is called:

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Infiltration

What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through their leaves?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

The energy required for the evaporation of water in the water cycle primarily comes from:

• Geothermal heat from the Earth's interior

• Wind energy

• Solar radiation from the Sun

• Nuclear fusion within clouds

Which part of the water cycle involves water vapor changing into liquid water or ice crystals in the atmosphere?

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

When water droplets in clouds combine and grow large enough to fall to the Earth's surface, it results in which process of the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Which part of the water cycle involves water moving through plant roots, stems, and leaves, and eventually being released into the atmosphere as water vapor?

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

The exchange of thermal energy between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere plays a critical role in the water cycle, primarily affecting which process?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Transpiration