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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Water Cycle 2 (Questions)

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Rain, snow and sleet are part of the water cycle. Each year approximately 505,000 km3 of water falls as precipitation on the world! Rain is liquid precipitation, as opposed to non-liquid kinds of precipitation such as snow, hail and sleet.

Try this quiz and see how well you understand the Water Cycle.

1. Which word is not part of the water cycle?
[ ] Condensation
[ ] Evaporation
[ ] Separation
[ ] Transpiration
2. What is the name for all forms of moisture that reach the ground?
[ ] Perspiration
[ ] Precipitation
[ ] Prescription
[ ] Preservation
3. Another word for throughflow is what?
[ ] Flirtation
[ ] Infiltration
[ ] Interception
[ ] Transpiration
4. Very high, thin wispy clouds have what name?
[ ] Cirrus
[ ] Cumulonimbus
[ ] Cumulus
[ ] Stratus
5. Precipitation returns to the atmosphere as what?
[ ] Water spouts
[ ] Water vacuums
[ ] Water valency
[ ] Water vapor
6. Transpiration involves the release of water by what?
[ ] Lakes
[ ] Rocks
[ ] Trees and plants
[ ] Wildlife
7. Warm and cold air meeting causes what sort of rain?
[ ] Convection rain
[ ] Frontal rain
[ ] Purple rain
[ ] Relief rain
8. What will reduce rates of infiltration?
[ ] Gentle slopes
[ ] Impermeable surface rock
[ ] Light rain
[ ] Permeable surface rock
9. Man-made attempts to form cloud and rain is called what?
[ ] Cloud seeding
[ ] Mist meddling
[ ] Overcasting
[ ] Rain conjuring
10. What type of rain is caused by moist air rising over mountains?
[ ] Cats and dogs
[ ] Convection
[ ] Relief
[ ] Summit
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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Water Cycle 2 (Answers)
1. Which word is not part of the water cycle?
[ ] Condensation
[ ] Evaporation
[x] Separation
[ ] Transpiration
2. What is the name for all forms of moisture that reach the ground?
[ ] Perspiration
[x] Precipitation
[ ] Prescription
[ ] Preservation
The water on the Earth today is the same that was here when dinosaurs lived!
3. Another word for throughflow is what?
[ ] Flirtation
[x] Infiltration
[ ] Interception
[ ] Transpiration
It is the downward movement of water into the soil
4. Very high, thin wispy clouds have what name?
[x] Cirrus
[ ] Cumulonimbus
[ ] Cumulus
[ ] Stratus
They often mean bad weather is on the way
5. Precipitation returns to the atmosphere as what?
[ ] Water spouts
[ ] Water vacuums
[ ] Water valency
[x] Water vapor
6. Transpiration involves the release of water by what?
[ ] Lakes
[ ] Rocks
[x] Trees and plants
[ ] Wildlife
Water vapor is released from the leaves
7. Warm and cold air meeting causes what sort of rain?
[ ] Convection rain
[x] Frontal rain
[ ] Purple rain
[ ] Relief rain
The warm air is forced to rise over the cold air
8. What will reduce rates of infiltration?
[ ] Gentle slopes
[x] Impermeable surface rock
[ ] Light rain
[ ] Permeable surface rock
Impermeable rock will not let water through
9. Man-made attempts to form cloud and rain is called what?
[x] Cloud seeding
[ ] Mist meddling
[ ] Overcasting
[ ] Rain conjuring
Particles fired into the air cause water droplets to form
10. What type of rain is caused by moist air rising over mountains?
[ ] Cats and dogs
[ ] Convection
[x] Relief
[ ] Summit