Watercycle Test

Name: ___________________
Water Cycle Test

Circle the correct answer.

1. What fraction of the earth’s surface is covered with water?
a. 3/4
b. 5/12
c. 1/2

2. What fraction of the earth’s surface is covered with land?
a. 1/2
b. 4/7
c. 1/4

3. Where do we find most of the earth’s water?
a. ponds
b. ocean
c. rivers


Answer the following questions using the word bank below.

Stratus Cumulus Cirrus



4. _______________ clouds are low and gray.

5. _______________ clouds are wispy, high in the sky, and sometimes called mare’s tails.

6. _______________ clouds are big, white puffy clouds with a flat bottom.


Draw a line from the word to the correct definition

7. The gas form of water.-- --Evaporation

8. Water that falls from the sky.-- --Groundwater

9. Water that is in the ground.-- --Condensation

10. A cloud that touches the ground.-- --Humidity

11. The amount of moisture in the air.-- --Water Vapor

12. When water heats up and turns to vapor.-- --Precipitation

13. When vapor cools and changes to water.-- --Fog