Science

Water Cycle

100

What process in the water cycle involves water turning into vapor due to heat?

• A) Condensation
• B) Precipitation
• C) Evaporation
• D) Infiltration

C) Evaporation

200

Which part of the water cycle is responsible for the formation of clouds?

• A) Evaporation
• B) Condensation
• C) Precipitation
• D) Transpiration

B) Condensation

300

What do we call the movement of water through plants into the atmosphere?

• A) Evaporation
• B) Runoff
• C) Transpiration
• D) Condensation

C) Transpiration

400

What is it called when water soaks into the ground and replenishes groundwater?

• A) Infiltration
• B) Evaporation
• C) Precipitation
• D) Transpiration

A) Infiltration

500

• What is the term for the process where water falls from clouds to the Earth’s surface?

  • A) Runoff
  • B) Evaporation
  • C) Precipitation
  • D) Condensation

C) Precipitation

Waves, Tides, and Currents

100

What causes ocean waves?

• A) Earth's rotation
• B) Wind blowing across the surface of the water
• C) Tidal forces from the Moon
• D) Underwater earthquakes

B) Wind blowing across the surface of the water

200

What is the term for the highest point of a wave?

• A) Trough
• B) Crest
• C) Amplitude
• D) Wave height

B) Crest

300

Which of the following is NOT a type of ocean current?

• A) Surface current
• B) Deep current
• C) Upwelling current
• D) Continental current

D) Continental Current

400

What causes tides on Earth?

• A) Wind patterns
• B) The gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon
• C) The Earth’s rotation
• D) Temperature differences in the ocean

B) The gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon

500

What is the term for the daily rise and fall of sea levels caused by tides?

• A) Tidal range
• B) Wave frequency
• C) Tidal cycle
• D) Currents

C) Tidal Cycle

Vocabulary

100

What is the term for the process of water moving from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere?

• A) Condensation
• B) Evaporation
• C) Precipitation
• D) Infiltration

B) Evaporation

200

What is the term for the underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment?

• A) Aquifer
• B) Watershed
• C) Tributary
• D) Delta

A) Aquifer

300

What is the term for water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• A) Precipitation
• B) Infiltration
• C) Evaporation
• D) Runoff

A) Precipitation

400

What is the term for the area of land that drains all the water to a common outlet, like a river or lake?

• A) Basin
• B) Watershed
• C) Estuary
• D) Delta

B) Watershed

500

What is the term for the movement of water from the ground surface to underground reservoirs?

• A) Percolation
• B) Transpiration
• C) Runoff
• D) Infiltration

D) Infiltration

Whatever

100

Which of the following is the primary source of freshwater for most regions?

• A) Oceans
• B) Rivers and lakes
• C) Glaciers and ice caps
• D) Desalination plants

B) Rivers and lakes

200

What is a "floodplain"?

• A) The area where water infiltrates into the ground
• B) The land area that is occasionally covered by water due to river overflow
• C) A river's tributary that causes flooding
• D) A reservoir built to control floodwaters

B) The land area that is occasionally covered by water due to river overflow

300

What does the term "hydrological cycle" refer to?

• A) The movement of water only through the atmosphere
• B) The movement of water through the Earth's systems, including oceans, atmosphere, and land
• C) The process of desalination to remove salt from ocean water
• D) The flow of water in rivers

B) The movement of water through the Earth's systems, including oceans, atmosphere, and land

400

Which type of precipitation is formed when water vapor freezes before reaching the ground?

• A) Rain
• B) Snow
• C) Sleet
• D) Fog

C) Sleet

500

What is the term for the downward movement of water through the soil and into underground reservoirs?

• A) Infiltration
• B) Evaporation
• C) Percolation
• D) Runoff

C) Percolation