Water Cycle

Water Cycle

100

What are the four of the stages of the water cycle? 

 Evaporation, condensation, precipitation & runoff

200

What is it called when rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers and streams? 

B) Runoff

300

TRUE or FALSE: The water cycle never ends.

TRUE

400

What is the energy source behind the water cycle?

the sun

500

What is precipitation?

Rain, sleet, snow or hail

Vocabulary

100

Define "Condensation".

Sample: The process of changing from a gas to a liquid

200

Define "Evaporation".

Sample: The process of changing from a liquid to a gas

300

Define "Water Cycle".

Sample: The movement of water that involves it changing states and moving from bodies of water to the air and back again

400

Define "Precipitation"

Sample: Water falling from clouds down to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, and hail

500

Define "Transpiration".

Sample: The result of the sun's energy evaporating water off of plants

Evaporation

100

Evaporation is- 

Water changing from a liquid to a gas

200

Which is an example of evaporation occurring? A) Snowing B) Boiling water C) Stirring lemonade

B) Boiling water

300

Evaporation NORMALLY comes after this process of the water cycle------

A) Precipitation

400

A student was boiling water on a heating pad. He noticed that there were bubbles forming in the water at the bottom and rose to the top. What were the bubbles? 

 Gas/Air bubbles

500

What effect does the sun have on surface water? 

 It causes it to evaporate

Condensation

100

Which of the following describes condensation? A) Ice becoming water when placed into a warm liquid B) Water becoming ice in a freezer C) Steam from a teapot turning into liquid

C) Steam from a teapot turning into liquid

200

What is one result of condensation in the water cycle?

 a cloud

300

What causes a gas to condense into a liquid?

Heat is removed, it becomes cold

400

Give an example of when condensation occurs....

water droplets on the outside of a glass of ice water

dew collecting on the morning grass

many more

500

Choose the best explanation for where condensation comes in in the water cycle. A) Before precipitation and after accumulation B) Before evaporation and after precipitation C) Before precipitation and after evaporation

C) Before precipitation and after evaporation