The Water Cycle

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100

What is the water cycle?

a) A machine that cleans water

b) The journey water takes around the Earth

c) A river that never moves

b) The journey water takes around the Earth 

200

Name a stage of the water cycle. 

a) condensation

b) celebration

c) vacation

a) condensation

300

What helps evaporation happen?

a) The sun's heat

b) The moon

c) Cold wind

a) The sun's heat

400

As water vapor rises, it gets ________.

a) hotter

b) rocky

c) cooler

c) cooler

500

1) Precipitation happens when clouds become ________

a) too heavy with water droplets

b) very small

c) very hot

2) Which one is a type of precipitation 

a)steam

b) snow

c) sand

1) a- too heavy with water droplets

2) b- snow

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100

Who is water important for?

a) only people

b) only plants

c) all living things

c) all living things

200

What does the water cycle give us fresh water for?

a)drinking, farming, and ecosystems

b) building houses

c) making cars

a) drinking, farming, and ecosystems

300

Water vapor is an invisible _________

a) rock

b) gas

c) plant

b) gas

400

What are clouds made out of?

a) cotton

b) smoke

c) tiny water drops

c) tiny water drops

500

1) Which list shows the type of precipitation?

a) rain, snow, sleet, hail

b) rain, wind, sun, clouds

c) rivers, lakes, oceans, ponds

2) What is the FOURTH stage of the water cycle?

a) condensation

b) precipitation 

c) collection

1) a) rain, snow, sleet, hail

2) c) collection

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100

Why should we save water?

a) to help protect our environment

b) Because water is never used

c) So the ocean gets bigger

a) to help protect our environment

200

What does the water cycle move water through?

a) only the ocean

b) air, land, and oceans

c) the sky

b) air, land, and oceans

300

Where does water vapor go during evaporation?

a) Into the ground

b) into the ocean

c) up into the sky

c) up into the sky

400

Tiny water droplets on a cold window are examples of ______________.

a) condensation

b) precipitation

c) collection

a) condensation

500

1) During collection, where does water gather?

a) clouds

b) oceans, rivers, lakes, and the ground

c) the sun

2) Water vaper that soaks into the ground turns into ____________.

a) vapor 

b) groundwater

c) clouds

1) b) oceans, rivers, lakes, and the ground

2) b) groundwater

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100

The water cycle is the _______ movement of water through Earth's environment.

a) stopping

b) continuous (never-ending)

c) one time

b) continuous (never-ending)

200

What is the FIRST stage of the water cycle?

a) precipitation

b) collection

c) evaporation

c) evaporation

Bonus 200 points: What direction does evaporation move? 

300

What is the SECOND stage of the water cycle?

a) condensation

b) evaporation

c) collection

a) condensation

400

What is the THIRD stage of the water cycle?

a) collection

b) precipitation

c) evaporation

b) precipitation

500

1) Collected water is stored and used by _________.

a) only fish

b) nobody

c) plants, animals, and people

2) What is run-off?

a) water that turns into clouds

b) water that flows downhill when there is too much on the ground

c) snow that stays on a mountain

1) c) plants, animals, and people

2) b) water that flows downhill when there is too much on the ground

5

100

How many stages are in the water cycle?

4

200

What does water turn into during evaporation?

a) ice

b) rocks

c) vapor

c) vapor 

300

During condensation, water vapor __________.

a) heats up and disappears

b) cools and forms clouds

c) falls as hail

b) cools and forms clouds

400

During precipitation, what does water do?

a) falls to the earth

b) rises into the sky

c) turns into vapor

a) falls to the earth

500

1) What does run off create?

a) streams and rivers

b) clouds

c) sunshine

2) After run-off, water returns to the ocean and ______.

a) stops forever

b) disappears

c) starts the cycle again

1) a) streams and rivers

2) c) starts the cycle again