TEST NAME: QTR 1 WK 1 WATER CYCLE B

TEST ID: 1162170

GRADE: 05 - Fifth Grade
SUBJECT: Life and Physical Sciences
TEST CATEGORY: Shared Classroom Assessments

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1. Which process in the water cycle returns water to the atmosphere?

A. condensation
B. evaporation
C. precipitation
D. transpiration

2. Which process of the water cycle returns condensed water to the earths
surface?

A. evaporation
B. precipitation
C. transpiration
D. condensation

3. Which best explains how plants control transpiration?

A. Plants open their stomata during times of high temperatures and

water shortage.
B. Plants close their stomata during times of low temperatures and
water abundance.
C. Plants close their stomata during times of high temperatures and
water shortage.
D. Plants open their stomata during times of low temperatures and
water shortage.

4. Why is the suns energy necessary for the water cycle?

A. It is the heat source that turns water into vapor.

B. It is the light source that turns water into vapor.
C. It is the heat source that turns vapor into water droplets.
D. It is the light source that turns vapor into water droplets.

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5. Water evaporates mostly from

A. land.
B. snow.
C. clouds.
D. oceans.

6. Which experiment would most resemble the complete water cycle?

A. watering plants
B. burning wet wood
C. water flowing from a faucet
D. boiling a pot of water with a lid on it

7. Snowfall is an example of which process?

A. condensation
B. precipitation
C. evaporation

8. Which effect do rapidly cooling temperatures have on the water cycle?

A. Water droplets evaporate into vapor.

B. Water vapor condenses into droplets.
C. Condensation evaporates into precipitation.
D. Precipitation condenses into water droplets.

9. A container is placed in front of a heat lamp. After a few hours, water

droplets begin to form on the container. Which part of of the water cycle
does this best demonstrate?

A. evaporation
B. precipitation
C. transpiration
D. condensation

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10. Which happens to water vapor when the suns heat is taken away?

A. It turns into a liquid.

B. It turns into a gas.
C. It turns into runoff.
D. It turns into a solid.

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