water cycle and atmosphere quiz
- 1. What part of the water cycle involves plants and trees giving off water to the atmosphere
A) condensation
B) precipitation
C) evaporation
D) transpiration
- 2. Water that is stuck under ground is called
A) condensation
B) ground water
C) infiltration
D) surface runoff
- 3. The process of water soaking into the ground is called
A) surface runoff
B) evaporation
C) infiltration
D) ground water
- 4. Water that moves off the land into a larger body of water like a river, stream, ocean, or lake is known as
A) surface runoff
B) transpiration
C) ground water
D) percolation
- 5. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are also known as
A) transpiration
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) precipitation
- 6. When water is heated by the sun it turns from a liquid form to a ______________ form in the process of evaporation
A) gas
B) ice
C) liquid
D) solid
- 7. The process of a cloud forming after water vapor turns back into liquid water is known as
A) surface runoff
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) transpiration
- 8. The layer of the atmosphere where humans and animals are located is the ...
A) Stratosphere
B) Exosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Mesosphere
- 9. The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn is the ...
A) Troposphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Stratosphere
- 10. The very top of this layer is the beginning of space...
A) Exosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Thermosphere
- 11. This layer is the coldest layer
A) Troposphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Exosphere
- 12. This layer is the hottest layer, having temperatures in the thousands degrees
A) Mesosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Exosphere
- 13. This layer is where planes and jets fly
A) Exosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Thermosphere
- 14. This layer is where the international space station is found
A) Stratosphere
B) Thermosphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Exosphere
- 15. Satellites are found in this layer(s)
A) All layers
B) Thermosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Mesosphere
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