Water & Weather Ch 6 Lesson 3&4

Choose the correct option below to complete the following sentence:

The water cycle is....

• the continuous movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.

• the change of matter from a liquid to a gas.

• the process in which ice can change directly into water vapor.

• the change of the state of matter from a gas to a liquid.

Water ______ and warm air carries the water vapor upward. As the warm air rises, it cools and the water vapor turns back into liquid.

• evaporates

• clouds

• precipitation

• groundwater

The droplets of water merge and form larger droplets that form _______.

• evaporates

• clouds

• precipitation

• groundwater

Water falls from clouds as rain, snow, or hail called ________.

• evaporates

• clouds

• precipitation

• groundwater

The precipitation collects in oceans, streams and lakes and seeps into the ground to become ________.

• evaporates

• clouds

• precipitation

• groundwater

How does humidity affect weather?

• Humidity blows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

• When the air is more humid, sweat takes longer to evaporate and we feel hotter than the actual temperature.

• Coastal places are more humid.

As warm air rises, it gets hotter and remains in a gaseous state.

• True

• False

Why are coastal places cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than inland places that are at the same latitude and altitude.

• Oceans heat up and cool down more slowly than land.

• Ocean water evaporates.

• El Nino has a more significant effect on coastal places.

• All coastal places are located in the temperate zone.

What are the factors that affect climate?

• Latitude, distance from the ocean, altitude and climate change.

• Weather, water, ocean currents and latitude.

• Latitude, distance from the ocean, altitude and ocean currents.

As warm and wet air moves up a mountain, it cools and then it rains. Most of the rain falls on the wind-facing side of the mountain, while the cool, dry air sinks down the other side.

• False

• True