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Water Cycle Quiz
Directions: Circle the correct answer
1.
How old do you think a glass of water is?
A. at least a 1000 years old
B. as old as the dinosaurs
C. nobody really knows for sure
D. at least 100 years old
2.
Which is not a form of water we get from weather?
A. sleet
B. hail
C. rain
D. humidity
E. snow
3.
What do you think happens to the water vapor from rivers and lakes when it
gets high in the air.
A. it forms clouds
B. it rains
C. transpiration takes place
D. sublimation occurs
4.
When vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds,
this is called_______________.
A. precipitation
B. transpiration
C. sublimation
D. condensation
5.
______________ occurs when so much water has condensed that the air
cannot hold anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth
in the form of rain, hail, or snow.
A. sublimation
B. precipitation
C. condensation
D. transpiration
6.
_________________is when the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes, or oceans
and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam rises up into the
air.
A. evaporation
B. condensation
C. sublimation
D. precipitation
7.
About how much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
A. 50%
B. 90%
C. 25%
D. 70%
8.
About how much drinkable water do we have on Earth?
A. 70%
B. less than 1 %
C. more than 90%
D. 25%
9.
_____________ is the process of water being taken into and evaporating from
plants.
A. sublimation
B. transpiration
C. precipitation
D. condensation
10.
_________________ is when substance transforms from a solid to a gas
without passing through a liquid stage. This happens in many low humidity
areas such as snow and ice.
A. condensation
B. transpiration
C. precipitation
D. sublimation
11.
Which watershed do we live in?
A. Santa Ana River
B. Coyote Creek
C. San Diego Creek
D. San Juan Creek
12. A reservoir is…
A. a place that collects and stores water
B. melted snow that flows down a hill
C. a natural flow of water from underground
13. A watershed is a region of land that drains into a river.
A. True
B. False
14. An aqueduct is…
A. runoff that supplies rivers and lakes with water
B. a hole dug or drilled into an underground area
C. a system of channels, pipes, and tunnels that carries water a long distance.
15. A ___________ is a hole dug or drilled into an underground area saturated with
water.
A. groundwater
B. spring
C. storage tank
D. well
16. How many levels does our atmosphere have? _______________________
17. Circle the names of the levels of our atmosphere
Vulcansphere
Dinosphere
Electronosphere
Califsphere
Mesosphere
Troposhere
Baromesphere
Lunarsphere
Coronasphere
Circularsphere
Meteorsphere
Exosphere
Blasphosphere
Thermosphere
18. What level of the atmosphere do we live in? ________________________
19. What does a meteorologist study? ______________________________
20. Does warm air tend to rise or sink? _____________________________
21. Name one reason that the earth heats unevenly. ___________________________
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Directions: In detail, answer each question.
12.
What is a watershed? Be descriptive! (3 points)
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13. Explain the process of the water cycle. Be descriptive! (6 points)
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14. List three ways that you can conserve water. Be Descriptive! (3 points)
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