visible thinking strategy

1. The Water Cycle
Quiz

2. • Water that is located below the earth’s
surface. Over time water from rain and rivers
migrates through the ground and is stored in
porous soils and rocks.
– A – Precipitation
– B – Collection
– C – Evaporation
– D – Groundwater
Question 1

3. • Any product of the condensation of
atmospheric water vapour that falls under
gravity. The main forms are: drizzle, rain, sleet,
snow and hail.
– A – Precipitation
– B – Collection
– C – Evaporation
– D – Groundwater
Question 2

4. • The process whereby water changes from its
gaseous form (water vapour) into liquid water.
Generally occurs in the atmosphere when warm
air rises, cools and looses its capacity to hold
water vapour. As a result, excess water vapour
forms cloud droplets.
– A – Precipitation
– B – Collection
– C – Evaporation
– D – Condensation
Question 3

5. Question 4
• The process by which water on the ground
surface enters the soil.
– A – Infiltration
– B – Collection
– C – Evaporation
– D – Groundwater

6. Question 5
• The process by which moisture is carried
through plants from roots to small pores on
the underside of leaves, where it changes to
water vapour and is released to the
atmosphere.
– A – Infiltration
– B – Transpiration
– C – Evaporation
– D – Groundwater

7. Question 6
• The process by which water is converted from
a liquid to a gas and thereby moves from land
and surface water into the atmosphere.
– A – Infiltration
– B – Transpiration
– C – Evaporation
– D – Groundwater

8. Question 7
• Water from rain, snow melt or other sources,
that flows over the land surface, and is a
major component of the water cycle.
– A – Infiltration
– B – Transpiration
– C – Evaporation
– D – Surface runoff