Water Cycle Earth Science

Water Cycle Earth Science

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Water Cycle Earth Science

Water Cycle Earth Science

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-PS1-4, MS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following processes most directly affects the amount of water entering earth's atmosphere?

precipitation and runoff

condensation and precipitation

transpiration and evaporation

infiltration and recharge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which process is represented by letter F?

Capillarity

Infiltration

Condensation

Vaporization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What does letter X represent?

the water table

a flood plain

sea level

impermeable rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Base your answer to the next 4 questions on the diagram below, which shows a model of the water cycle. Letters A through F represent some processes of the water cycle. Letter X indicates the top of the underground zone that is saturated with water.

If the surface soil is saturated and precipitation increases, there will be

a decrease in the amount of groundwater

a decrease in the surface elevation of the lake

an increase in the rate of capillarity

an increase in the amount of runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Base your answer to the next 4 questions on the diagram below, which shows a model of the water cycle. Letters A through F represent some processes of the water cycle. Letter X indicates the top of the underground zone that is saturated with water.

The processes of transpiration and evaporation are represented by letters

A & B

B & E

C & A

D & E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The rate of evaporation of water can be increased by

Increasing the amount of moisture in the air

decreasing the temperature of the water

increasing the temperature of the air

decreasing the circulation of the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Surface runoff will generally be greatest when the

rainfall is light and the ground is permeable

infiltration rate is greater than the rainfall rate

slope of the land is too great to permit infiltration

ground is permeable and unsaturated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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