Water Cycle Quiz Year 7
Water Cycle Quiz Year 7
1. Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
a) plants b) animals
2. What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds?
a) evaporation b) precipiation
c) hibernation d) Condensation
a) True b) False
4. What is evaporation?
a) Water freezes b) Water vapor meets cold air and changes back
into a liquid
c) Plants take in water from soil d) Water gets warm and changes from liquid
water to water vapor
5. What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water
droplets?
a) precipitation b) condensation
c) evaporation d) dehyderation
a) helium b) hydrogen
c) water d) oxygen
7. What are the drops of water that form on cool surfaces during the night called?
a) steam b) rain
c) snow d) dew
a) False b) True
a) evaporation b) precipitation
c) condensation
11. True or False: Moisture that falls from the sky is called fog
a) True b) False
a) During a hurricane, 3 inches of rain fall in an b) A layer of water appears on the outside of a
hour cup of ice water soon after it was poured
c) On a hot day, water on the sidewalk quickly d) 12 inches of snow fall on December 12th
disappears
13. Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school.The next day the puddle is gone.What
most likely happened to the puddle of water?
a) It condensed b) It evaporated
c) It precipitated d) It melted
14. As time goes by,and water goes through the water cycle again and again,the amount of water on
Earth__________.
a) Runoff b) Condensation
16. The water that was around when many hundreds of years ago___________.
a) Is gone,and has been for a long time b) Would be really dirty if it were still around
17. Once water makes it all the way through the water cycle,the water___________.
a) Mixture b) Solution
c) Solid d) Gas
a) Frost b) Steam
c) Ice d) Rain
20. An ice cube placed in sunlight melts quickly.Which best explains this event?
a) Precipiation b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation d) Evaporation
26. On which type of day will the most pond water evaporate?
29. Where is most of Earths fresh water that we use to drink found?
c) Evaporation d) Condensation