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Name_________________ Date__________________ 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. ___________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Directions: In detail, answer each question. 12. What is a watershed? Be descriptive! (3 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 13. Explain the process of the water cycle. Be descriptive! (6 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 14. List three ways that you can conserve water. Be Descriptive! (3 points) __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________