Water Cycle

Where does all the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• plants

• climate

• sun

• weather

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What is evaporation?

• Water freezes.

• Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into liquid.

• Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor.

•  Plants take in water from the soil.

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What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds?

• condensation

• precipitation

• hibernation

• evaporation

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From where does most water evaporate?

• puddles

• rivers

• lakes

• oceans

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What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets?

• condensation

• dehydration

• precipitation

• evaporation

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What are the three stages of the water cycle?

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation

• condensation, precipitation, hibernation

• precipitation, dehydration, evaporation

• transpiration, dehydration, condensation

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Where is water vapor found?

• in the air around you

• in your breath

• in steam from a kettle

• all of the above

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What is the correct term for plants releasing water from their leaves, which then evaporates?

• transpiration

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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What is the process called when water from ice or snow turns directly into vapor without melting?

• evaporation

• sublimation

• deposition

• transpiration

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Which of the following is NOT a way that water moves from the land to the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

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