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Water Cycle
Test Description: 5.8B
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What provides the energy needed for evaporation to occur naturally in the water cycle?
A
Rivers
B
Soil
C
Sun
D
Wind
2) The Sun’s heat energy causes evaporation. Most of the evaporation on the Earth happens to water found in -
A
Underground
B
Rivers
C
Oceans
D
Lakes
3) What part of the water cycle is driven by the Sun's heat?
A
Evaporation
B
Accumulation
C
Precipitation
D
Condensation
4) The Sun drives the water cycle by doing which of the following?
A
Keeping Earth in orbit
B
Providing heat for evaporation
C
Giving off light for plants
D
Rotating on its axis
5) Water on the Earth moves through the water cycle because of energy that comes from the –
A
Sun’s heat
B
Earth’s core
C
Wind’s movement
D
Moon’s gravity
6) Students created a model of the water cycle by heating a beaker of water on a hot plate and allowing water vapor to condense on the bottom of a metal pan filled with ice cubes. What part of their model is doing the same job as the Sun?
A
Ice cubes
B
Metal pan
C
Hot plate
D
Beaker of water
7) Most evaporation in the water cycle happens from oceans. This is because oceans –
A
expose the most water to the Sun’s energy
B
have currents that constantly mix them
C
reach the poles where sheets of ice form
D
contain water with salt dissolved in it
8) Sun’s heat causes which of the following movements of water in the water cycle?
A
Precipitation from clouds
B
Rivers flowing down mountains
C
Collection of water in lakes
D
Evaporation from oceans
9) The warming of water enough to change from a liquid to a gas
A
Sun
B
Evaporation
C
Oceans
D
Condensation
10) Large bodies of salt water covering nearly ¾ of Earth
A
Sun
B
Oceans
C
Condensation
D
Evaporation
11) Water that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
A
Precipitation
B
Condensation
C
Evaporation
D
Sun
12) The cooling of water vapor enough to return to a liquid state
A
Precipitation
B
Condensation
C
Sun
D
Evaporation
13) The star in our solar system that provides light and heat energy
A
Mercury
B
Sun
C
Moon
D
Mars
14) What must occur for salt to be separated from ocean water?
A
Precipitation
B
Condensation
C
Accumulation
D
Evaporation
15) Tiny water droplets “bumping into” each other and collecting in larger, visible drops that fall is known as -
A
Evaporation
B
Precipitation
C
Runoff
D
Accumulation
16) The movement of water through Earth and its atmosphere is known as the -
A
Precipitation
B
Evaporation
C
Water Cycle
D
Accumulation
17) Water flowing over the ground in rivers and streams is called-
A
Accumulation
B
Evaporation
C
Precipitation
D
Runoff
18) Water that collects underground in aquifers is called-
A
Underground oceans
B
Rivers and streams
C
Ground water
D
Caves
19) When water evaporates directly from the leaves of plants it is called-
A
Transpiration
B
Evaporation
C
Sweating
D
Plant evaporation
20) The amount of water on Earth has not increased or decreased.
A
False
B
True
C
There is no way to know
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