Water cycle

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration

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Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.

• cools
• heats up
• freezes
• lights up

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What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

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What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

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What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes
• the sun
• lightning
• wind

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What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?

• provide heat energy for evaporation

• provide heat energy for condensation

• dry out the soil for runoff to occur

• provide thermal energy for accumulation

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What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere?

• clouds

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

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Many Utah towns use water from wells for drinking.  How does water get into wells? 

• it has to be poured into them from water tanks
• rain sinks down through the soil into them 
• it is pumped by large engines into the well
• it evaporates from inside the Earth

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