Name: Date: Pd. ESS - Water Cycle

Name: __________________________

ESS - Water Cycle

Date: _______ Pd. _______

___1. Base your answer to the following question on the water cycle diagram shown below. Some arrows are numbered 1 through 4 and represent various processes.

Which numbered arrow best represents the process of transpiration?

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the diagram of the water cycle below. Letter A represents a process in the water cycle. Points X and Y represent locations on Earth's surface.

___2. The amount of runoff at Y will increase as the

(1) precipitation rate exceeds the infiltration rate (3) evaporation rate exceeds the infiltration rate

(2) slope of the land decreases

(4) porosity of the soil increases

___3. Which process in the water cycle is directly responsible for cloud formation?

(1) condensation

(2) precipitation

(3) evaporation

(4) infiltration

___4. The process represented by A is

(1) transpiration

(2) saturation

(3) precipitation

(4) condensation

Ms. Lee

Base your answers to questions 5 and 6 on the cross section below, which represents part of Earth's water cycle. Letters A, B, C, and D represent processes that occur during the cycle. The level of the water table and the extent of the zone of saturation are shown.

___5. Which two letters represent processes in the water cycle that usually cause a lowering of the water

table?

(1) B and D

(2) A and B

(3) A and C

(4) C and D

___6. What are two water cycle processes not represented by arrows in this cross section?

(1) transpiration and condensation

(3) evaporation and melting

(2) runoff and infiltration

(4) precipitation and freezing

Ms. Lee

7. Base your answer to the following question on cross section below, which shows the general pattern of water movement in the water cycle. Letter X represents a water-cycle process. What process of the water cycle is represented by X?

Ms. Lee

8. The diagram below shows a model of the water cycle. The arrows show the movement of water molecules through the water cycle. The circled numbers represent the processes that occur as the water molecules reach the different stages of the water cycle.

Complete the table by identifying the name of the water cycle process occurring at each number.

Ms. Lee

9. Base your answer to the following question on the map below, which shows a portion of the United States where 148 tornadoes occurred during a 24-hour period in April 1974. The paths of the tornadoes are shown.

Most of these tornadoes occurred with thunderstorms along cold fronts. Identify the water cycle process that forms clouds along cold fronts.

Ms. Lee

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