Week 2: Basic Water Cycle Quiz

1. Where does the energy for the water cycle come from?

A) Moon

B) Fossil fuel

C) Sun

D) Electricity

2. In what form can we see water in the atmosphere?

A) Lakes

B) Rivers

C) Oceans

D) Clouds

3. When water turns to vapor and rises into the atmosphere its called……………………….?

A) Evaporation

B) Transpiration

C) Sublimation

D) Precipitation

4. 95% of the earth's water is stored in its:

A) Rivers

B) Oceans

C) Glaciers

D) Underground aquifers

5. When water vapor cools into a liquid it's called:

A) Condensation

B) Transpiration

C) Sublimation

D) Precipitation

6. When water droplets get large enough to fall from the cloud it's called:

A) Condensation

B) Transpiration

C) Sublimation

D) Precipitation

7. The water cycle is…………………………………………………….?

A) The continuous movement of water

B) How water goes through a house

C) The stuff in water

D) All the above

8. Fresh water running underground are called:

A) Rivers

B) Streams

C) Creeks

D) Aquifers

9. Water entering the ground through…………………………

A) Condensation

B) Transpiration

C) Infiltration

D) Groundwater discharge

10. Which of the following is NOT a way that water moves from the land to the atmosphere?

A) Evaporation

B) Precipitation

C) Sublimation

D) Transpiration