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Water Cycle review

Last updated over 2 years ago

12 questions

Instructions

I'll give you some participation points for completing this assignment - I want to see how well you know the water cycle already.

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Question 1

1.

What is this process called where water vapor turns into a cloud?

infiltration

runoff

condensation

precipitation

Question 2

2.

What is this process called where rain water flows across the land surface?

precipitation

runoff

condensation

infiltration

Question 3

3.

What is this process called where rain water seeps underground?

evaporation

transpiration

infiltration

precipitation

Question 4

4.

What is the process by which gravity pulls water underground into lower pressure bodies of water?

evaporation

precipitation

runoff

groundwater flow

Question 5

5.

What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to gaseous state?

runoff

evaporation

precipitation

infiltration

Question 6

6.

What is the process by which water moves from the gaseous phase to the liquid phase?

infiltration

evaporation

runoff

precipitation

Question 7

7.

The process when liquid water becomes gas in the atmosphere.

Question 8

8.

The movement of water underground is called...

Question 9

9.

__________ is the water that falls from clouds as rain or snow.

Question 10

10.

Water on the earth's surface which moves into a stream or lake without absorbing into the soil is called ...

Question 11

11.

____________ is the downward movement of water through the spaces of rock or soil; when surface water becomes groundwater.

Question 12

12.

The process when gas condenses to form clouds is called...