Water Cycle Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

11. The water cycle also has another name. What is it?

1. the nitrogen cycle
2. the carbon cycle
3. the hydrologic cycle
4. the moon cycle

12. The water cycle always starts in the

1. oceans
2. clouds
3. plants and animals
4. It has no starting place or ending place

13. The water cycle is driven by the

1. sun
2. moon
3. clouds
4. oceans

14. Water is

1. a chemical compound
2. constantly moving
3. sometimes a solid, liquid, or a gas
4. all of the above

15. Waters chemical symbol is

1. N
2. O2
3. H2O
4. Wa

16. What are the three states of matter that water can exist in on Earth?

1. solid, gas, and plasma
2. solid, liquid, and gas
3. Bose-Einstein condensate, plasma, and liquid
4. liquid, solid, and frozen

17. What happens to the water after precipitation brings it to land?

1. Five different things can happen to it
2. Nothing; thats the end of that water
3. It becomes the universal solvent
4. It always goes into the ocean

18. What is a solvent?

1. any chemical compound
2. a substance that can dissolve a solid or gas
3. a substance that can turn into water
4. a substance that can explode

19. What is groundwater?

1. water that is stored in the ground
2. water that supplies wells
3. water that is part of the water table
4. all of the above

20. When ice or snow changes directly into water vapor, it is called

1. sublimation
2. condensation
3. evaporation
4. precipitation