Quiz about Science Vocabulary

Question 1

Where is most water found on Earth?

Accepted Answer

oceans

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glaciers

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lakes

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rivers

Question 2

What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?

Accepted Answer

evaporating

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condensing

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transpiring

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freezing

Question 3

What is water vapor doing when it changes to water?

Accepted Answer

condensing

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evaporating

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precipitating

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freezing

Question 4

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

Accepted Answer

sunny and hot

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sunny and cold

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rainy and hot

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rainy and cold

Question 5

What is the source of energy that makes the water cycle work?

Accepted Answer

the sun

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electricity

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wind

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thunder

Question 6

Phase changes such as evaporation and condensation are most directly related to ________________

Accepted Answer

temperature

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wind speed

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humidity

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air pressure

Question 7

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.

Accepted Answer

precipitation

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evaporation

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condensation

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accumulation

Question 8

Which phase of the water cycle includes water collecting in rivers, lakes, underground, and oceans?

Accepted Answer

accumulation

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evaporation

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condensation

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precipitation

Question 9

What controls whether water is a gas, liquid or solid ice?

Accepted Answer

temperature

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the shape or size of the cup

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where it has been stored

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if it is used for irrigation

Question 10

What is the water cycle?

Accepted Answer

the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth

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the 3 forms of water

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when water melts

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when clouds form

Question 11

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

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condensation

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evaporation

Question 12

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

evaporation

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condensation

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precipitation

Question 13

What is evaporation?

Accepted Answer

The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

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The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

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The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Question 14

What is condensation?

Accepted Answer

The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

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The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

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The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Question 15

What is precipitation?

Accepted Answer

The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

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The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

Question 16

When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.

Accepted Answer

cold

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hot

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warm

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solid

Question 17

Which of these is not an example of precipitation?

Accepted Answer

clouds

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rain

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sleet

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snow

Question 18

Does precipitation happen before or after condensation?

Accepted Answer

after

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before

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during

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