Watery Planet: Mystery 4

1. There is plenty of water in the oceans. Why don't we drink it?

• It is bad for us.

• It is very expensive to remove the salt.

• It is very difficult to remove the salt.

• All of the above.

2. What fills the aquifers on earth?

• The oceans

• People

• Rivers and lakes

• Rain

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3. When water goes from a liquid to a gas this is called ______.

• evaporation

• runoff

• condensation

• precipitation

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4. The gaseous form of water is called _____.

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• water vapor

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5. Clouds are made up of tiny droplets of _______ water.

• solid

• liquid

• gaseous

• invisible

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6. When water vapor gets cold and turns into liquid this is called ________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• infiltration

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7. What causes water vapor to become rain, or liquid water?

• cold air

• warm air

• dry air

• moist air

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Malia wants to understand how the ocean (hydrosphere) and the sky (atmosphere) interact to make it rain. Malia decides to make a model, shown above. Which of the following sentences are TRUE? There are 2 correct answers.

• The bottle represents the air (atmosphere).

• The Dixie cup represents the ocean (hydrosphere).

• The bottle represents the ocean (hydrosphere).

• The Dixie cup represents the ground (geosphere).

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What would Malia need to do to create a model of the system to show what happens when a warm ocean and a cold sky interact? Mark all the TRUE statements. There are 2 correct answers.

• Add warm water to the bottle, which represents the air (atmosphere).

• Add cool water to the Dixie cup, which represents the ocean (hydrosphere).

• Add cool water to the bottle, which represents the air (atmosphere).

• Add warm water to the Dixie cup, which represents the ocean (hydrosphere).

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Malia notices that water droplets have started to form on the bottom of the bottle in her model. When she taps the cup, she can make some of these water droplets fall down into the Dixie cup. Is the following statement TRUE or FALSE?

Warm water in the Dixie Cup is boiling and turning into water vapor.

• True

• False

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