Water Cycle
Name:
1.
2.
Date:
Where is most of Earth's water located?
A.
glaciers
B.
C.
oceans
D. rivers
4.
A diagram of the water cycle is shown below.
lakes
Which stage of the water cycle follows X in the
diagram?
Which of the following processes is responsible
for changing liquid water into water vapor?
A.
photosynthesis
B.
C.
evaporation
D. precipitation
A.
condensation
B.
C.
3.
Above a continent, a warm air mass slowly passes
over a cold air mass. As the warm air begins to
cool, clouds form. What will most likely happen
next?
A.
Rain will fall.
B.
Hurricanes will form.
C.
Lightning will strike.
D.
D. Hail will form.
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5.
Over 6 billion people on Earth use water every
day, yet Earth's water supply remains relatively
constant. This is because
.
9.
Which form of precipitation is most likely to cause
damage when hitting the roof of a car?
A.
A.
the sea level is rising
B.
water exists in three phases on Earth
C.
water is constantly recycled by the hydrologic
cycle
hail
B.
rain
C.
sleet
D. snow
D. global warming melts ice to replace water
that is used
6.
Which process is not essential for the water cycle
to occur?
A.
water vapor condensing
B.
energy being transferred from the Sun
C.
liquid water evaporating
10.
The diagram below represents the formation of
one type of precipitation in a cloud.
D. oxygen being dissolved in water
7.
8.
Which habitat on Earth would probably add
the greatest amount of water to the water cycle
through evaporation?
A.
cold lake
B.
C.
warm ocean
D. mountain rock
Which type of precipitation is formed as shown?
desert sand
A.
hail
B.
rain
C.
sleet
D. snow
In the water cycle, rain, snow, or sleet falling to
the ground is a form of
A.
precipitation.
B.
condensation.
C.
evaporation.
D. transpiration.
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11.
The diagram below shows four stages of the water
cycle.
14.
Which change is occurring at stage 1 in the
diagram?
15.
During one growing season, 5000 square meters of
corn plants transpires approximately 1.85 million
liters of water. The water lost from the plants
via transpiration goes directly to which of the
following?
A.
insects
B.
the soil
C.
streams
D. the atmosphere
On Earth, water can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas.
Which energy source has the greatest in uence on
the state of matter of water?
A.
Water is changing from a gas to a solid.
B.
Water is changing from a liquid to a gas.
A.
the sun
B.
C.
Water is changing from a liquid to a solid.
C.
ocean currents
D. the metal core
the wind
D. Water is changing from a solid to a liquid.
12.
When air near the ground is warmed by sunlight,
which of the following occurs?
A.
The warm air radiates and becomes cool
again.
B.
The warm air evaporates into the cooler air.
C.
The warm air expands and rises, resulting in
convection.
16.
A student is investigating changes in the
states of matter.The student lls a graduated
cylinder with 50 milliliters of packed snow.
The graduated cylinder has a mass of
50 grams when empty and 95 grams when
lled with the snow.
The packed snow changes to liquid water when
the snow is put in a warm room.
D. The warm air loses its ability to hold water
and precipitates.
13.
Use the information below to answer the following
question(s).
Which statement best describes this process?
A.
Cooling causes the snow to melt.
The water cycle would not occur if which of the
following were missing?
B.
Cooling causes the snow to freeze.
C.
Heating causes the snow to freeze.
A.
animals
B.
D. Heating causes the snow to melt.
C.
ice caps
D. solar energy
bacteria
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17.
Glaciers cover about 10% of the total land area on
Earth. The role of glaciers in the water cycle is to
20.
Besides providing Earth with fresh water, how else
is the water cycle important to Earth?
A.
lter salt water
A.
It keeps water from freezing in the ocean.
B.
store fresh water
B.
It helps prevent acid rain in the mountains.
C.
move liquid water
C.
It helps change the shape of mountains and
canyons.
D. precipitate solid water
18.
19.
The global water cycle consists of water circulating
among the land, the atmosphere, the oceans, and
organisms. Trees get most of their water directly
from
A.
lakes
B.
air
C.
streams
D. soil
21.
Ms. Valles created a model of the water cycle
using a sealed plastic bag containing a small
amount of water. She taped the bag to a sunny
window and observed it during the day.
Which statement best describes runo ?
A.
Water vapor cools o
droplets.
and changes into water
B.
Water in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
falls from clouds.
C.
Precipitation that falls to Earth ultimately
ows over land into lakes, streams, and rivers.
D. Water from the oceans and the surface of the
earth changes into water vapor.
What process during the water cycle would cause
the air in the bag to appear cloudy?
A.
Boiling
B.
Freezing
C.
Evaporation
D. Precipitation
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