Online Test — The Water Cycle
10 Questions • 12 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 10
easy
Which of these holds fresh water we can drink?
The salty sea
Rivers and lakes
A stone
The Sun
Explanation: Rivers and lakes hold fresh water.
Question 2 of 10
medium
The water cycle gives us fresh ___ again and again.
Rain water
Salt
Rock
Sand
Explanation: The cycle keeps giving us fresh rain water.
Question 3 of 10
easy
Clouds are made of tiny…
Smoke
Cotton
Water drops
Sand
Explanation: Clouds are tiny condensed water drops.
Question 4 of 10
hard
Early morning dew on grass forms because the cool night air made vapour…
Freeze into rock
Evaporate
Condense into drops
Vanish
Explanation: Cool air condenses vapour into dew drops.
Question 5 of 10
easy
When water is heated and turns into vapour, it is called…
Freezing
Evaporation
Raining
Snowing
Explanation: Water turning to vapour is evaporation.
Question 6 of 10
easy
When cloud drops join and grow heavy, they fall as…
Sunshine
Rain
Wind
Light
Explanation: Heavy cloud drops fall as rain.
Question 7 of 10
easy
The correct order is: evaporation, condensation, then…
Nothing
Precipitation
Cooking
Reading
Explanation: Water evaporates, condenses, then falls as precipitation.
Question 8 of 10
easy
Water is needed by…
Only plants
Only fish
All living things
No one
Explanation: Every living thing needs water.
Question 9 of 10
medium
Rain falls because the drops become too ___ for the cloud to hold.
Heavy
Light
Hot
Dry
Explanation: Heavy drops fall as rain.
Question 10 of 10
medium
Wet clothes dry because the water in them…
Evaporates into the air
Freezes
Sinks down
Turns to ice
Explanation: Water evaporates from drying clothes.