Water Cycle Quiz

What role does the water cycle play in determining?

• Climate patterns

• Ocean currents

• Wind speed

• Soil composition

What causes water molecules to absorb energy and evaporate from Earth's surface?

• Radiant energy from the sun

• Wind

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's gravity

As water vapor rises into the atmosphere, it becomes a ______.

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

• Plasma

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the process called when water vapor cools and molecules move close together to form droplets?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What forms when the droplets in the clouds become too large?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

Precipitation can take many forms depending on the ______.

• Temperature

• Wind speed

• Humidity

• Air pressure

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What happens to some of the water that falls as precipitation on Earth's surface?

• It becomes runoff

• It evaporates immediately

• It turns into clouds

• It becomes part of the ocean

What is the process called when water soaks into the ground and becomes groundwater?

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Plant roots absorb groundwater and release it back into the atmosphere through ______.

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

What is the term for the energy from the sun that causes evaporation?

• Radiant energy

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy