Download Name: Period: ___ Date: ___ / ___ / ___ Part I – Labeling Directions

The Water Cycle
Pre-Test
Name: ______________________________
Period: ___
Part I – Labeling
Directions: Label the 8 stages of the Water Cycle.
A. Infiltration
E. Groundwater
B. Collection
(Runoff)
F. Condensation
C. Transpiration
G. Precipitation
D. Evaporation
H. Percolation
Date: ___ / ___ / ___
Part II – Matching
Directions: Match the definition on the left with the correct word on the right.
_____ 1. This occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor,
which is a gas.
_____ 2. All water located within the rocks below the Earth’s surface.
A. Infiltration
B. Collection
(Runoff)
C. Transpiration
_____ 3. Water, usually from precipitation, that flows across land and
Builds in rivers, streams, and eventually the ocean.
D. Evaporation
E. Groundwater
_____ 4. This occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into
liquid water droplets. This is how clouds form.
F. Condensation
G. Precipitation
_____ 5. The process by which plants release water vapor into the
air through their leaves.
_____ 6. The movement of water into the ground due to the pull of gravity.
The water seeps into the ground.
_____ 7. The downward movement of water through pores and other spaces
due to gravity.
_____ 8. This occurs when rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls from the clouds onto
the Earth’s surface.
H. Percolation