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Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Water Cycle 3 (Questions)

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The water cycle is involved in reshaping the geological features of the Earth, through such processes as erosion and sedimentation. Also, as it involves heat exchange, it exerts an influence on climate too.

Try our final science quiz on the water cycle and test your knowledge.

A hot summer day may lead to what type of rain?

[ ]	Convection
[ ]	Depression
[ ]	Frontal
[ ]	Relief

What process causes clouds to form?

[ ]	Accumulation
[ ]	Compensation
[ ]	Condensation
[ ]	Stratification

A wind picks up most moisture when it blows over what?

[ ]	A large city
[ ]	A small lake
[ ]	Mountains
[ ]	The sea

Surface water heated by the sun leads to what?

[ ]	A rainbow
[ ]	A spring
[ ]	Evaporation
[ ]	Runoff

What reduces the amount of surface water runoff?

[ ]	Gentle slopes
[ ]	Impermeable rocks
[ ]	Little vegetation cover
[ ]	Steep slopes

What change takes place during condensation?

[ ]	Gas to liquid
[ ]	Gas to solid
[ ]	Liquid to gas
[ ]	Solid to liquid

80% of the earth's precipitation falls directly where?

[ ]	Into drains and sewers
[ ]	Into lakes
[ ]	Into the sea
[ ]	Onto our gardens

Which of these would not interrupt the water cycle?

[ ]	Boreholes
[ ]	Dams
[ ]	Desalination plants
[ ]	Forests

What cannot be described as precipitation?

[ ]	A tornado
[ ]	Dew
[ ]	Sleet
[ ]	Snow

10.

When vegetation stops rain reaching the ground it is called what?

[ ]	Interception
[ ]	Interface
[ ]	Interflow
[ ]	Interlocution

Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - The Water Cycle 3 (Answers)

A hot summer day may lead to what type of rain?

[x]	Convection
[ ]	Depression
[ ]	Frontal
[ ]	Relief

The hot air rises as a convection current

What process causes clouds to form?

[ ]	Accumulation
[ ]	Compensation
[x]	Condensation
[ ]	Stratification

A wind picks up most moisture when it blows over what?

[ ]	A large city
[ ]	A small lake
[ ]	Mountains
[x]	The sea

Surface water heated by the sun leads to what?

[ ]	A rainbow
[ ]	A spring
[x]	Evaporation
[ ]	Runoff

What reduces the amount of surface water runoff?

[x]	Gentle slopes
[ ]	Impermeable rocks
[ ]	Little vegetation cover
[ ]	Steep slopes

The gentler the slope the longer the water has to soak in rather than move over the surface

What change takes place during condensation?

[x]	Gas to liquid
[ ]	Gas to solid
[ ]	Liquid to gas
[ ]	Solid to liquid

Water vapor (gas) changes to water droplets

80% of the earth's precipitation falls directly where?

[ ]	Into drains and sewers
[ ]	Into lakes
[x]	Into the sea
[ ]	Onto our gardens

Which of these would not interrupt the water cycle?

[ ]	Boreholes
[ ]	Dams
[ ]	Desalination plants
[x]	Forests

Water is pumped up through boreholes and desalination plants remove salt from seawater

What cannot be described as precipitation?

[x]	A tornado
[ ]	Dew
[ ]	Sleet
[ ]	Snow

A tornado is a rapidly moving spiral of air

10.

When vegetation stops rain reaching the ground it is called what?

[x]	Interception
[ ]	Interface
[ ]	Interflow
[ ]	Interlocution