The Water Cycle

What is the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor?

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

During which stage of the water cycle does water vapor rise into the atmosphere?

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

What is the term for water vapor turning back into liquid water?

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

When water falls back to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, what is this process called?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

What is the movement of water into the ground through the soil surface?

• Absorption

• Infiltration

• Exfiltration

• Percolation

When water flows over the ground surface into bodies of water, what is this process known as?

• Runoff

• Spillover

• Leakage

• Overflow

What is the term for the process of water being collected in oceans, lakes, and rivers?

• liquid loop

• aquatic rotation

• water journey

• water cycle

Which subtopic of the water cycle involves the sun's energy heating water in oceans, lakes, and rivers?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What is the term for the process of water vapor forming clouds in the atmosphere?

• sublimation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

When water droplets in clouds combine and become heavy enough to fall to the ground, what is this process called?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Sublimation