Science Quiz
The Water Cycle
1. Where is most water found on Earth?
a. glaciers
b. lakes
c. rivers
d. oceans
2. About how much of Earth’s water is fresh water?
a. 3%
b. 10%
c. 25%
d. 70%
3. What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a. evaporating
b. condensing
c. transpiring
d. freezing
4. What is water vapor doing when it changes to water?
a. evaporating
b. condensing
c. precipitating
d. freezing
5. On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a. sunny and hot
b. sunny and cold
c. rainy and hot
d. rainy and cold
6. What is the source of energy that makes the water cycle work?
a. electricity
b. the sun
c. wind
d. thunder
7. Phase changes such as evaporation and condensation are most directly related to
________________
a. wind speed
b. humidity
c. temperature
d. air pressure
8. Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. collection
d. precipitation
9. Which phase of the water cycle includes water collecting in rivers, lakes, underground, and oceans?
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. precipitation
d. collection
10. What controls whether water is a gas, liquid or solid ice?
a. the shape or size of the cup
b. where it has been stored
c. if it is used for irrigation
d. temperature
11. What is the water cycle?
a. the 3 forms of water
b. the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c. when water melts
d. when clouds form
2. What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a. condensation
d. precipitation
c. evaporation
d. collection
13. What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a. condensation
d. precipitation
c. evaporation
d. collection
14. What is evaporation?
a. The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor
or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b. The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a
liquid and forms clouds.
c. The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water.
This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
15. What is condensation?
a. The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor
`or steam.
b. It rises from the ground into the air. The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air
gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
d. The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This
causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
16. Write out the water cycle in four steps:
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