The water cycle & freshwater

1. What energy source drives the global water cycle by warming ocean and land surfaces: the Sun or the Moon?

2. What do we call the release of water vapour into the air from plant leaves through their stomata: transpiration or condensation?

3. What do we call the process by which rainwater soaks downward into soil and porous rock layers: infiltration (percolation) or evaporation?

4. What do we call the upper level of underground rock or soil that is completely saturated with groundwater: the water table or the treeline?

5. What do we call an underground layer of permeable rock, sand or gravel that holds groundwater: an aquifer or a canopy?

6. Is water in an open shallow pan on a sunny, breezy afternoon likely to evaporate faster or slower than water in a narrow bottle in the shade?

7. What forms when cold air cools water vapour below 0 °C high in clouds so ice crystals grow into six-sided flakes: snow or dew?

8. How does paving over grassy soil with impermeable concrete affect rainwater during a storm: it increases surface runoff, or it increases infiltration?

9. When snow and ice on a high mountain turn directly into water vapour in dry sunlight without melting first, that process is: sublimation or runoff?

10. What stage of the water cycle occurs when rising water vapour cools high in the atmosphere and forms tiny cloud droplets: condensation or infiltration?

11. Does the water cycle create brand-new water or continuously recycle the same water molecules through different states?

12. What happens when moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range: it cools, condenses and drops rain on the windward side, or it warms and dries?