U6 Science: Weather (Water Cycle)

Rain is a form of ___A___, clouds are a form of ___B___, and the morning dew on the grass being heated up in the afternoon, going from a liquid to a gas is a form of ____C____.

• A: evaporation B: condensation C: precipitation

• A: precipitation B: condensation C: transpiration

• A: condensation B: precipitation C: evaporation

• A: precipitation B: condensation C: evaporation

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Less evaporation equals (Choose all that apply)

• more condensation

• more precipitation

• more transpiration

• less condensation

• less precipitation

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Dana took two bottles of the same amount of liquid Coca-Cola out into the sun for days, and left one cap open and the other closed, what would happen?

• The levels of liquid in both bottles would be the same because the sun cannot evaporate Coca-Cola

• The open bottle's Coca-Cola would decrease, leaving a sugary film behind, whereas the closed bottle's Coca-Cola would remain the same, because the evaporation has nowhere to go.

• Both bottles of Coca-Cola's liquid would decrease, because they are placed in the same spot and the sun's temperature affects them equally.

• The amount of liquid Coca-Cola in the closed bottle increased, because it was not affected by evaporation like the open bottle.

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Between what two steps of the water cycle is precipitation found?

• Between transpiration and evaporation

• between evaporation and condensation

• between evaporation and runoff

• between condensation and runoff to the ocean

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Put the steps in the following order of the water cycle:

I: Snow falls from the clouds

II: Water vapor slowly rises in the atmosphere

III: The sun heats up water on the ocean's surface.

IV: Water condenses in the cool altitudes to form clouds.

• I, II, III, IV

• IV, III, I, II

• III, II, IV, I

• IV, III, II, I

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Joe is making a model of the water cycle. The lamp represents ____A_____, the water dropping down the sides of the jar represents ____B____, the ice on top of the lid represents ____C_____, the water forming on the underneath side of the lid represent ____D_____, and the water at the bottom represents _____E_____

• A: the sun, B: precipitation, C: the high altitude, D: condensation, E: the ocean

• A: evaporation, B: condensation, C: clouds, D: precipitation, E: the ocean

• A: the sun, B: condensation, C: snow, D: precipitation, E: the ocean

• A: the sun, B: precipitation, C: condensation, D: rain, E: runoff

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Because 97% of the Earth's water comes from the ocean, and 71% of the Earth is water, what do you think would happen in the water cycle if global warming continues to increase?

• The polar ice caps will melt, causing more precipitation

• The water cycle will stop, because a temperature increase will dry up all the water.

• There will be an increase in water in the atmosphere due to evaporation, causing more storms and precipitation.

• There will be a decrease in water in the atmosphere, because the clouds won't be able to form because of the temperature increase.

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What is the BEST definition for why the amount of water in our oceans remained mostly unchanged, even though we take water from the oceans?

• Liquid changes to gas back to a liquid/solid continuously and gets deposited back in the oceans a variety of ways.

• Humans have found a way to pump water back into the oceans when it evaporates.

• Absorption/infiltration bring water quickly back to the oceans

• The oceans are so big, that evaporation does not have an impact on them.

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Why would we see more clouds during the day than at night?

• The moon's heat evaporates the clouds at night.

• It is windier at night so the clouds push away.

• It is hotter during the day, which leads to more condensation.

• The night air condenses more clouds because it is cooler.

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Ms. Scott sat on her porch one Saturday morning, drinking hot coffee. Her neighbors asked her to help carry in their new package from Amazon. She put a glass jar over the coffee to keep from bugs getting in it. When she returned an hour later, she noticed there was less coffee in her mug, but water had formed on the glass around it. Why?

• Because water in the coffee went from liquid to gas, then again from a liquid to gas as it evaporated inside the jar.

• Because water in the coffee went from liquid to gas through evaporation, then from a gas to a liquid as it condensed.

• Because the water in the coffee perspired, creating gas to a liquid.

• Because water in the coffee went from liquid to a gas as it condensed.

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