The Water Cycle
Review of the Water Cycle Watch this video of the water cycle to help you answer the questions below. More Review of the Water Cycle Hover over the image below. Hover over each circle (white with black outline) to review each part of the water cycle. Click read more or click on the circles to see even more information. #1.) Identify each part of the diagram below. condensation Dgroundwater Hinfiltration Gevaporation Btranspiration Cprecipitation Erunoff Fsolar radiation A #2.) Most of the energy that drives the water cycle comes from the sun Earth's core Earth's Ocean the equator #3.) What is the driving force behind excess runoff after a big precipitation event? precipitation steepness of a hill gravity solar radiation #4.) Why don't molecules of water break apart during the water cycle? The bonds between atoms are too weak. The bonds between atoms are too strong. Molecules of water do break apart. #5.) From where does most water evaporate? Puddles Rivers Lakes Oceans #6.) What is the only thing in nature than can be a solid, liquid, and gas? Hydrogen Oxygen Water Nothing #7.) Where is water vapor found? In the air around you In your breath In clouds In steam after a shower All of the above #8.) What is the name for a place where water stores underground? Aquarium Aqueduct Aquifer Aquatic park