Water Cycle Quiz

What drives the water cycle?

• rain

• temperature

• the Sun

• rotation

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This picture shows -

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Which of the following events in the water cycle is an example of solar energy being absorbed?

• Water vapor condensing to form clouds.

• Water evaporating from the surface of an ocean.

• Rain freezing as it falls to the ground.

• Clouds releasing precipitation over a mountain.

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This photograph shows a beach on a partly sunny day. Which of the following is an interaction between the sun and the ocean that results in clouds forming near the beach?

• Energy from the sun causes precipitation over the ocean.

• Energy from the sun causes water to evaporate from the ocean.

• Light from the sun reflects off the surface of the ocean.

• Light from the sun decreases the amount of water vapor in the air over the ocean.

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Evaporation is when _________________________________________________________

• water freezes

• water changes 

  from a gas to a 

  liquid   

• water changes 

  from liquid to a 

  gas

•  plants use the 

  water from the rain

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Constant movement of water is called________

• water runoff 

•      precipitation

• condensation

• the water cycle

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The water that falls from the clouds is_____

• evaporation

•   condensation 

• transpiration

• precipitation 

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What happens when the sun heats the earth's water?

• it turns to a solid

• it turns to a gas

• it turns into a liquid

• nothing

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Puddles that disappear on a hot day is an example of......

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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Dew is a form of __________

• gas

• liquid

• solid

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