Chapter 11, Lesson 1 The Water Cycle

Front 1

The saying "Its like a constantly turning wheel" is a:
a) metaphor
b) simile

Back 1

simile

Front 2

Which of these sentences states the cause for evaporation?
a) Precipitation collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans.
b) The water vapor cools down in the air and changes it back to a liquid.
c) When the sun heats the water in rivers, lakes, or oceans, the water turns into water vapor.
d) It might have helped a woolly mammoth cool down.

Back 2

c) When the sun heats the water in rivers, lakes, or oceans, the water turns into water vapor.

Front 3

Precipitation may fall as all of these except
a) rain
b) steam
c) hail
d) snow

Back 3

b) steam

Front 4

Water goes into the air as
a) ice
b) water vapor
c) rain
d) snow

Back 4

b) water vapor

Front 5

The changing of water from water vapor to a liquid is called
a) condensation
b) precipitation
c) collection
d) evaporation

Back 5

a) condensation

Front 6

The water we drink today once may have been drunk by a dinosaur.
a) true
b) false

Back 6

a) true