The Water Cycle Trivia Questions
The water cycle is a continuous process that tries to explain the different phases that water undergoes. There are four main stages in the water cycle. Do you think you have a proper understanding of all the processes in the water cycle? Read each question carefully and select the best answer. Click on the "Start" button to start. All the best!
- 1.When it is raining outside, the water that is falling down is in what stage of the water cycle?
- A.
Evaporation
- B.
Precipitation
- C.
Condensation
- D.
Runoff
- 2.When water is heated it changes from a liquid into a gas called _________?
- A.
Droplets
- B.
Transpiration
- C.
Condensation
- D.
Water Vapour
- 3.What is another name for rain, hail and snow?
- A.
Precipitation
- B.
Condensation
- C.
Transpiration
- D.
Water Vapour
- 4.Water that soaks into the soil is used by plants or stored as groundwater. What is this called?
- A.
Infiltration
- B.
Runoff
- C.
Condensation
- D.
Evaporation
- 5.The beginning of the water cycle is _______?
- A.
Evaporation
- B.
Condensation
- C.
Precipitation
- D.
It is a cycle and has no beginning or end
- 6.As water goes around and around the water cycle the amount of water on earth ______?
- A.
Goes up
- B.
Goes down
- C.
Stays the same
- D.
Goes up and down
- 7.Most of the water that evaporates on earth comes from ______.
- A.
Puddles
- B.
Oceans
- C.
Ponds
- D.
Rivers
- 8.As water vapour rises and cools it changes into droplets which form clouds, fog or mist. What is this called?
- A.
Evaporation
- B.
Precipitation
- C.
Infiltration
- D.
Condensation
- 9.Water that comes from plants and is then released into the air as water vapour is called ______?
- A.
Condensation
- B.
Transpiration
- C.
Evaporation
- D.
Runoff
- 10.As water moves through the water cycle it changes______.
- A.
Smell,colour and shape
- B.
Noise, taste and smell
- C.
Taste, shape and form
- D.
Colour, shape and noise
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