C. The Water Cycle

Question 1

Heat from the sun turns the water into a _____?

Answer 1

gas or vapor

Question 2

What is it called when water is turned into a gas?

Answer 2

evaporation

Question 3

As the earth’s surface warms, rising currents of air carry the water vapor _______?

Answer 3

upwards

Question 4

As water vapor becomes cooler it rises and condenses into tiny drops forming _______.

Answer 4

clouds

Question 5

Water vapor becomes cooler as it _____?

Answer 5

rises

Question 6

The ________ keeps the ocean at the same level.

Answer 6

water cycle

Question 7

Rainfall can evaporate from water, land or vegetation? True or False?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What is it called when rainfall flows off streams or wetlands?

Answer 8

runoff

Question 9

What is it called when raindrops soak a little way in the ground and are absorbed by plant roots and then returns to the water vapor in the air?

Answer 9

evapotranspiration

Question 10

Can humans change the amount of water in the water cycle?

Answer 10

no