Water Cycle and Water Distribution

The image shows the stages in the water cycle. Which letter shows the stage when water flows back to bodies of water as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon

• The heat from our home

• The sun

• The heat from the core of the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The image shows the stages in the water cycle. Which letter shows the stage when water is heated and turns into water vapor as evaporation?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The image shows the stages in the water cycle. Which letter shows the stage when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid water drops in the clouds as condensation?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The image shows the stages in the water cycle. Which letter shows the stage when water falls from the sky in different forms of precipitation?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Earth is covered with about 97% salt water.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

About 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The _______________ is known as the continuous movement or cycle of water on Earth that never ends.

• weather cycle

• storm cycle

• water cycle

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4