Heat Affects Water - Section 11.2 Quiz

When the temperature high above Earth starts to decrease, water droplets join together. Slowly, the smaller droplets become larger droplets, forming a cloud that we can see. As the water droplets grow even larger, they become heavier and begin to fall. Which word does not describe this process?
1. Evaporation
2. Rain
3. Precipitation
4. Condensation
The water in a puddle is slowly disappearing in the sunlight after a summer rainstorm.

Which statement about the water's disappearance is false?
1. The water particles are breaking down into smaller particles.
2. The water is evaporating back into the atmosphere.
3. The water will eventually condense and fall again as rain.
4. The soil beneath the puddle is absorbing water.
Which statement about the evaporation of water is false?
1. Water requires sunlight to evaporate
2. Water requires heat to turn into vapour
3. Water evaporation is part of a cycle
4. Evaporated water condenses when it cools
Which statement about the water cycle is false?
1. In the water cycle, evaporation cannot follow condensation
2. Evaporation, condensation and precipitation are parts of the water cycle
3. Water droplets are condensed water vapour
4. Condensed water falls as rain or precipitation
Radiant energy from the Sun does not fall evenly on Earth's surface because
1. the Earth is a sphere.
2. the Earth is rotating.
3. part of Earth's surface is water.
4. the Sun's energy waxes and wanes.
During the month of June, the sun falls most directly on
1. Canada.
2. Australia.
3. the equator.
4. the Atlantic ocean.
What reduces the differences in air temperature between regions near the equator and northern or southern regions?
1. Wind
2. Precipitation
3. Evaporation
4. Earth's spin
Which statement about ocean currents is false?
1. All ocean currents begin at the equator
2. Even the pull of the moon affects ocean currents
3. Ocean currents flow in convection patterns
4. Ocean currents help balance extremes of temperatures
Which type of ocean current results from winds and the spinning of the Earth?
1. Warm surface
2. Deep ocean
3. Surface ocean
4. Cold surface
Which statement about ocean currents is true?
1. Water circulates in a clockwise motion in the northern hemisphere
2. Hurricanes are powerful and destructive ocean currents
3. Cold water at the equator rises and moves toward the poles
4. The deepest water in the oceans is often the warmest water