A short quiz from a lesson text

Water Cycle Quiz

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. What causes water in seas and rivers to evaporate?
   A. Wind
   B. The sun
   C. Clouds
   D. Groundwater

2. What happens to water vapor when it rises high into the atmosphere?
   A. It freezes immediately
   B. It becomes rain directly
   C. It cools and condenses
   D. It disappears

3. What forms when tiny droplets grow heavy?
   A. Groundwater
   B. Rivers
   C. Rain or snow
   D. Vapor

4. Where can some of the falling water go?
   A. Only into the sea
   B. Only underground
   C. Over the ground into rivers and seas, or underground as groundwater
   D. Back into clouds without falling

True-or-False Questions

5. The water cycle begins again after water runs over the ground or seeps underground.
   True / False

6. Water vapor rises into the atmosphere before it condenses.
   True / False

Short Essay Question

7. Explain the main stages of the water cycle in your own words.

Answer Key

1. B. The sun

2. C. It cools and condenses

3. C. Rain or snow

4. C. Over the ground into rivers and seas, or underground as groundwater

5. True

6. True

7. Sample answer:
   The water cycle begins when the sun heats water in seas and rivers, causing it to evaporate. The water vapor rises into the atmosphere, where it cools and condenses into tiny droplets that form clouds. When the droplets become heavy, they fall as rain or snow. Some water flows over the ground into rivers and seas, while some seeps underground as groundwater, and the cycle continues.