Water Cycle Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

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

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

25. When people and animals breathe out water vapor into the air from their lungs, it is called

1. transpiration
2. respiration
3. sublimation
4. precipitation

26. When water changes from a liquid into a gas, it is called

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

27. When water droplets get large enough to fall from the clouds, its called

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

28. When water evaporates directly from glacial ice, its called

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

29. When water evaporates from plants, its called

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

30. When water turns to vapor and rises into the atmosphere its called

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