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WATER CYCLE

WATER CYCLE
WORKSHEET
Circle the correct answer to the following questions. Use the lyric sheet to help you.
(To be used with lyrics to RRR song Water Cycle)

1. The amount of Earth!s water that is processing through the water

cycle at any given time is:
approximately half

a small fraction

all of it

none of it

2. Energy from the sun reaches Earth through:

hydration

condensation

advection

radiation

3. Throughout the water cycle, water!s structural form:

changes chemically

separates into gases

stays the same

converts into solar energy

4. The water cycle is driven by energy from:

lunar tides

earth!s gravity

sun!s heat

orbital forces

5. Evaporation is a process made possible by:

Earth!s gravity

magnetism

axial tilt

solar radiation

6. When water vapor which is invisible, reforms into water droplets which
are visible, the process is called:
condensation

radiation

advection

evaporation

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7. When water vapor moves through the air, as from a lake or ocean
over land, the process is called:
evaporation

transpiration

condensation

advection

8. The structural form of water is:

CO2

NaCl

H2CO3

H2O

9. -12. Next to the arrows, write the names of four processes in the
water cycle that best describes what each arrow (s) indicates.

SKY
SUN

LAND

OCEAN/LAKE

Choose from this list of terms:

transpiration
radiation

advection

respiration

conduction

convection

evaporation

condensation

evapotranspiration
precipitation

evolution

13-15.Name the three states that water exists in the water cycle.
___________

______________

______________

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WATER CYCLE
WORKSHEET Answer Key
Circle the correct answer to the following questions. Use the lyric sheet to help you.
(To be used with lyrics to RRR song Water Cycle)

1. The amount of Earth!s water that is processing through the water

cycle at any given time is:
a small fraction all of it

approximately half

none of it

2. Energy from the sun reaches Earth through:

hydration

condensation

advection

radiation

3. Throughout the water cycle, water!s structural form:

changes chemically

separates into gases

stays the same

converts into solar energy

4. The water cycle is driven by energy from:

lunar tides

earth!s gravity

sun!s heat

orbital forces

5. Evaporation is a process made possible by:

Earth!s gravity

magnetism

axial tilt

solar radiation

6. When water vapor which is invisible, reforms into water droplets

which are visible, the process is called:
condensation

radiation

advection

evaporation

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7. When water vapor moves through the air, as from a lake or ocean
over land, the process is called:
evaporation

transpiration

condensation

advection

8. The structural form of water is:

CO2

NaCl

H2 O

H2CO3

9. -12. Next to the arrows, write the names of four processes in the
water cycle that best describes what each arrow(s) indicates.

SKY
radiation

SUN

Precipitation
Evaporation
Advection

LAND

OCEAN/LAKE

Choose from this list of terms:

transpiration
radiation

advection

respiration

conduction

convection

evaporation

condensation

evapotranspiration
precipitation

evolution

13-15.Name the three states that water exists in in the water cycle.
gas (vapor)

liquid (water)

solid (ice)

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