Water Cycle Assessment
  • 1. when water soaks into the surface of the soil
A) transpiration
B) infiltration
C) condensation
D) percolation
  • 2. when water molecules entering the air from a tree or other plant
A) precipitation
B) infiltration
C) transpiration
D) condensation
  • 3. Water located deep in the earth is called
A) ground water
B) infiltration
C) precipitation
D) condensation
  • 4. when water vapor cools and changes to a liquid
A) precipitation
B) transpiration
C) condensation
D) infiltration
  • 5. Rain, snow, sleet or hail
A) precipitation
B) transpiration
C) condensation
D) snow day!
  • 6. The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas by the heat of the sun
A) precipitation
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) magic
  • 7. The source of energy that drives the water cycle
A) moon
B) ground
C) atmosphere
D) sun
  • 8. Water flowing on top of the earth's surface
A) runoff
B) infiltration
C) percolation
D) precipitation
  • 9. What force brings water back to earth
A) wind
B) hoses
C) cohesion
D) gravity
  • 10. Water droplets forming on the outside of a glass of ice water
A) perspiration
B) condensation
C) precipitation
D) evaporation
  • 11. Water can be a solid, liquid, and gas
A) false
B) true
  • 12. What process happens when a water molecule goes from the ocean to the atmosphere?
A) evaporation
B) runoff
C) precipitation
D) infiltration
  • 13. What process happens when a water molecule travels from the atmosphere to a lake?
A) transpiration
B) percolation
C) evaporation
D) precipitation
  • 14. What process happens when a water molecule travels from a lake to an animal?
A) comsumption
B) transpiration
C) precipitation
D) melting
  • 15. What process happens when a water molecule travels from a plant to the atmosphere?
A) transpiration
B) runoff
C) preciptation
D) condensation
  • 16. What process happens when a water molecule travels from the soil to groundwater
A) transpiration
B) percolation
C) consumption
D) excretion
  • 17. What process happens when a water molecule travels from an animal to the soil?
A) excretion
B) precipitation
C) infiltration
D) runoff
  • 18. True or False: A water molecule contains two oxygen atoms and two hydrogen atoms.
A) false
B) true
  • 19. True or False: Water can change from a gas to a liquid to a solid during its path through the water cycle.
A) true
B) false
  • 20. Describe a path a water molecule could take to at least 4 different places. Be sure to use the proper water cycle process words to explain how it traveled. (think about the journey you took to make your bracelet)
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