The Water Cycle

What is the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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The diagram shows the water cycle. What change occurs at Point B in the water cycle?

• a gas changes to a liquid

• a liquid changes to a gas

• a solid changes to a liquid

• a gas changes to a solid

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What is the process that occurs when water vapor is cooled and changes from a gas to a liquid?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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What provides energy in the water cycle?

• moon tides

• the sun

• the gravitational pull on the north pole

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When a plant releases water through its leaves it is called

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

Water that flows back to the ocean is called

• transpiration

• evaporation

• run-off

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How much of the Earth's surface is water?

• 55%

• 25%

• 75%

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For condensation to occur, the warm water vapor must

• cool

• get hotter

• melt

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Which list includes four forms of precipitation?

• rain, sleet, snow, water vapor

• sleet, snow, rain, hail

• lakes, ice, mists, run-off

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The Sun drives the water cycle by doing which of the following?

• rotating on its axis

• providing heat for evaporation

• keeping Earth in its orbit

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