Hydrological Cycle Key Terms Quiz

What is the process called when energy from the sun drives the hydrological cycles?

• Precipitation

• Solar energy

• Condensation

• Infiltration

Which term describes water and ice falling from clouds into the drainage basin system as rain or snow?

• Condensation

• Accumulation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

What is the change of the state of matter from gas to liquid called, aided by contact with a colder surface?

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Percolation

• Evaporation

What happens when water melts from a frozen store and enters the drainage basin system?

• Evaporation

• Snowmelt

• Condensation

• Infiltration

What is the term for water stored in the air spaces of the soil called pore spaces?

• Surface store

• Soil moisture store

• Channel store

• Ground water store

What is the term for water stored deep underground in the rocks or the joints and cracks of rocks?

• Surface store

• Ground water store

• Channel store

• Soil moisture store

What is the term for precipitation that falls through spaces in the vegetation canopy to the ground?

• Leaf drip

• Stem flow

• Throughfall

• Overland flow

What is the term for precipitation that flows slowly down the branches and stems of vegetation to the ground?

• Leaf drip

• Stem flow

• Throughfall

• Overland flow

Which process is responsible for approximately 10% of moisture in the atmosphere?

• Evapotranspiration

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

What is the conversion of ice to water vapor without becoming liquid called?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Condensation