Water Cycle Quiz

What is the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

What is the process that occurs when water vapor is cooled and changes from a gas to a liquid?

What is it called when a plant releases water through its leaves?

What is water that flows over the land and back to the ocean?

What is water droplets that fall from the atmosphere in the form of sleet, snow, rain or hail?

What is the change of water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth?

What is water that is absorbed into the soil?

The sun drives the water cycle by

• heating the water

• rotating on its axis

• giving light to plants

• giving humans energy

Where does runoff end up?

• ponds

• streams

• rivers

• all of the above

Which of the following is an example of condensation?

• Dew on the grass in the morning

• Steam rising from a pot boiling on a stove

• A blizzard

• A puddle drying up on a hot sunny day