Grade 2 water cycle: Precipitation quiz with answers.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💧 The water cycle is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
• ☀️ Evaporation is when the sun heats up water and turns it into vapor or steam.
• ☁️ Condensation is when water vapor in the air cools down and turns back into liquid water, forming clouds.
• 🌧️ Precipitation is any form of water falling from the sky, like rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
• 🧊 Freezing temperatures are needed for snow, sleet, and hail to form.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. What is water falling from the sky called?
   1. Evaporation
   2. Precipitation
   3. Condensation
2. Which type of precipitation is frozen raindrops?
   1. Rain
   2. Snow
   3. Sleet
3. What is it called when water turns into vapor?
   1. Condensation
   2. Evaporation
   3. Precipitation
4. Which of these is NOT a form of precipitation?
   1. Hail
   2. Clouds
   3. Snow
5. What forms clouds?
   1. Evaporation
   2. Condensation
   3. Precipitation
6. Which type of precipitation is made of ice balls?
   1. Rain
   2. Hail
   3. Sleet
7. What makes water evaporate?
   1. Cold air
   2. The sun
   3. Clouds