Water cycle (Edexcel GCSE Biology): Quizzes
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What is potable water?
What is potable water?
Safe drinking water
What provides the energy for evaporation in the water cycle?
What provides the energy for evaporation in the water cycle?
The Sun
What forms when water vapour rises and cools during condensation?
What forms when water vapour rises and cools during condensation?
Clouds
Which of these is NOT a form of precipitation?
Which of these is NOT a form of precipitation?
Transpiration
When does surface runoff occur?
When does surface runoff occur?
When ground can't absorb excess water
What are aquifers?
What are aquifers?
Rock layers that hold water
Through which parts do plants release water vapour during transpiration?
Through which parts do plants release water vapour during transpiration?
Small pores in leaves
What is the main purpose of desalination?
What is the main purpose of desalination?
Remove salt from seawater
In reverse osmosis, what does seawater pass through?
In reverse osmosis, what does seawater pass through?
A semipermeable membrane
What happens to salt during thermal desalination?
What happens to salt during thermal desalination?
Left behind when water evaporates
In osmosis, water moves from high to low concentration. What about reverse osmosis?
In osmosis, water moves from high to low concentration. What about reverse osmosis?
Opposite direction to osmosis
How do microorganisms contribute to the water cycle?
How do microorganisms contribute to the water cycle?
Release water during decomposition