Water Cycle and Properties Quiz

What is a permeable underground layer through which groundwater flows relatively easily?

• Glacier

• Aquifer

• Reservoir

• Ocean

What is a storage area for water?

• Reservoir

• Glacier

• Ocean

• Aquifer

What does the term 'velocity' refer to?

• Taste

• Speed and direction

• Color

• Temperature

What is transpiration?

• The process of water condensing

• The process of water evaporating

• The process of water freezing

• The process of plants releasing water vapor

What is crystallization?

• The process of a liquid turning into a crystalline solid

• The process of water evaporating

• The process of water boiling

• The process of water condensing

What is the water cycle?

• The process of water freezing

• The process of water evaporating

• The series of natural processes by which water continually moves throughout the hydrosphere

• The process of water condensing

What is precipitation?

• Water in liquid or solid form that falls from the atmosphere

• Water that is stored in underground layers

• Water that is stored in oceans and lakes

• Water that is stored in glaciers and ice caps

What is radiation?

• The transfer of thermal energy by friction

• The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves

• The transfer of thermal energy by convection

• The transfer of thermal energy by conduction

What does the term 'absorb' mean?

• To condense

• To take in or soak up

• To evaporate

• To release

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy due to chemical reactions

• Energy due to temperature

• Energy due to position

• Energy due to motion