What Do You Know About Hydrological Cycle? Trivia Quiz
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- 1.Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
- A.
Animals
- B.
Plants
- C.
Sun
- D.
Oceans
- 2.What is evaporation?
- A.
Water freezes.
- B.
Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into liquid.
- C.
Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor.
- D.
Plants take in water from the soil.
- 3.What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds?
- A.
Condensation
- B.
Precipitation
- C.
Evaporation
- D.
Infiltration
- 4.From where does most water evaporate?
- A.
Rivers
- B.
Lakes
- C.
Clouds
- D.
Oceans
- 5.What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets?
- A.
Condensation
- B.
Precipitation
- C.
Evaporation
- D.
Infiltration
- 6.What are the three stages of the water cycle?
- A.
Condensation, precipitation, hibernation
- B.
Precipitation, dehydration, evaporation
- C.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
- D.
Transpiration, dehydration, condensation
- 7.What is the correct term for plants releasing water from their leaves, which then evaporates?
- A.
Evaporation
- B.
Precipitation
- C.
Transpiration
- D.
Condensation
- 8.Where does some water from the water cycle collect underground?
- A.
Aquariums
- B.
Aquifers
- C.
Watertable
- D.
Groundwater flow
- 9.Where is water vapor found?
- A.
In the air around you
- B.
In your breath
- C.
In steam from a kettle
- D.
All of the above
- 10.Clouds are formed by
- A.
Cool air rising
- B.
Water vapour condensing
- C.
Lightning
- D.
Snow
- 11.Water droplets that are too heavy to float make:
- A.
Fog
- B.
Clouds
- C.
Dew
- D.
Rain
- 12.The water cycle is the Earth's way of _______.
- A.
Recycling water
- B.
Getting rid of water
- C.
Using up all of our water
- D.
Cleaning our water
- 13.As time goes by, and water goes through the water cycle, again and again, the amount of water on Earth _______.
- A.
Increases
- B.
Decreases
- C.
Stays the same
- D.
Goes up and down
- 14.What is the movement of water down through the earth's surface?
- A.
Irrigation
- B.
Infiltration
- C.
Irradiation
- D.
Run-off
- 15.Which of the following is not an example of precipitation?
- A.
Vapour
- B.
Rain
- C.
Snow
- D.
Hail
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