The document contains multiple choice questions about the water cycle and hydrological cycle. It tests understanding of key concepts like transpiration, condensation, runoff, groundwater, surface water, precipitation, evaporation, and the roles of plants. Most questions have a single correct answer that identifies stages of the water cycle or defines important hydrological terms.
2. Which of these are not Transpiration?
A) A process similar to evaporation
B) Loss of water as vapour from plants
C) The process where water contained in liquid form in
plants is converted to vapour and released to the
atmosphere
D) Water that recedes from the headlands
3. Which of these do not relate to the
water table?
A) The level that water will naturally sit at
B) A level below which the earth is entirely saturated
C) The way that water will spread across an area
D) A level that can rise or fall based on rainfall
4. Condensation is…
A) Water that collects into piles or drops
B) The process of making milk into a delicious canned
confection
C) Water that forms around the equator
D) The change of the physical state of matter from
gaseous phase into liquid phase
5. Run off…
A) Is what robbers do after they commit a crime
B) Is water that hits the ground
C) Is water that hits the ground but does not stay there
D) Is water that lands in rivers or streams
6. Groundwater is…
A) All water that falls on the ground
B) A mixture of water and dirt
C) Water that hits trees or plants
D) Water that hits the ground and is absorbed
7. A bore is…
A) A well or hole used to get water
B) A drilling device that draws water up
C) A type of person who is in charge of the procurement
of water through divining
D) A dull person
8. Surface water is….
A) Water that lands on the surface of the earth
B) Water that lands on water, on the surface of water
C) I don’t know, video.
D) Water flowing from the poles to the equator
9. What does precipitation come down
as?
A) Mist and ice blocks
B) Rivers and streams
C) Snow and rain
D) Hail and snow
10. What is the water cycle?
A) The way that water is circulated through a washing
machine
B) A type of bicycle that works under water
C) The way that nature ruins nuclear waste
D) The way that nature cleans and circulates water
11. Artesian Water is….
A) Water that is made by an artesian screw
B) Water that is near the Artesian basin
C) Water that is under constant pressure with a high
evaporation rate
D) Water held under ground by non-porous rocks at high
pressure
12. In the water cycle what comes first?
A) Eviction
B) Precipitation
C) Evaporation
D) Condensation
13. When water hits the ground it either
becomes…
A) Rain, snow or hail
B) Porous, non-porous or artesian
C) Seepage water, lake water or pour on
D) Groundwater, surface water or run-off
14. Which of these are not precipitation?
A) A snowy day, where the mountains are covered
B) A drought day, where rainfall is very minimal
C) A hailing day, where cars roofs are damaged
D) A deluge day, when 8 inches of rain falls
15. How many sequences are there in
the hydrological cycle?
A) 1
B) 5
C) 8
D) 6
16. A never ending movement of water
from sea sky to land is called?
A) Ground water
B) Water table
C) Water cycle
D) Artesian water
17. What does the water molecules form
into?
A) Clouds
B) Tears
C) Cakes
D) Tea
18. After precipitation where does the
water go?
A) Lakes
B) The ocean
C) Into the ground
D) All of the above
19. Water droplets become bigger and
form into rain or snow, what is this
A) Precipitation
B) Run-off
C) Water table
D) Aquifer
20. Evaporation is….
A) Water rising as snow
B) Water falling as rain
C) Water rising as vapour
D) Water that collects on rooftops
21. The role of plants in the hydrological
cycle is…
A) Minimal, but important for the earth
B) Reasonably important, they purify water and help to
regulate the cycle
C) The most important part, causing new creation of
nutrients
D) Somewhat important, depending on the weather
conditions on that day or time period
22. Which of these have the most
negative affect on the water cycle?
A) Fertiliser run off
B) Faecal contamination
C) Pollution
D) Food waste