Water Cycle Quiz

How does water reach the atmosphere as water vapor?

• Evaporation, transportation, and sublimation

• Condensation, precipitation, and infiltration

• Freezing, melting, and boiling

• Absorption, reflection, and refraction

What is needed for liquid water to turn into water vapor?

• A lot of energy

• No energy

• Minimal energy

• Constant temperature

What is the process where liquid water in plants turns into vapor and enters the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

Under what conditions can sublimation occur naturally?

• When dry air blows over ice or snow

• During heavy rainfall

• In a humid environment

• Under high pressure

Luna observes the water cycle in her backyard, noting evaporation, transpiration, and sublimation. Can you identify these processes?

• Evaporation, transpiration, and sublimation

• Condensation, precipitation, and infiltration

• Photosynthesis, respiration, and combustion

• Melting, freezing, and deposition

Isla noticed that when she took a cold drink outside on a humid day, water droplets formed on the outside of the glass. What happens when air with water vapor is cooled?

• Evaporation occurs

• Precipitation occurs

• Condensation occurs

• Sublimation occurs

Avery sees water falling from the clouds. What does this precipitation indicate?

• Any form of water that evaporates from Earth

• Any form of water that falls to Earth from clouds

• Any form of water that rises from the ocean

• Any form of water that condenses in the atmosphere

Ava looked out of her window one winter morning and saw the ground covered in white. She wondered, which of the following is a common form of precipitation?

• Fog

• Dew

• Snow

• Mist

Nora noticed water vapor cooling and forming tiny droplets. What process in the water cycle was she witnessing?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What process describes the movement of water from plants to the atmosphere?

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

• Sublimation

• Surface Flow