Science Check-In Review

Which steps in the water cycle MOST directly cause floods?

• runoff and condensation

• condensation and evaporation

• precipitation and runoff

•  evaporation and precipitation

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What must occur before clouds can form?

• Water vapor must lose heat energy.

• Precipitation must begin to fall and run off.

• Water vapor must get warmer.

• Transpiration must add water vapor to the atmosphere.

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Heat from the sun increases the speed of which water cycle process?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

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Jamal filled his swimming pool in the middle of his backyard. He 

observed the water level for several weeks and found it decreased over time. Which explains why the water level most likely decreased?

• The volume of water changed because the air temperature cooled.

• Plants near the pool used the water via transpiration.

• Precipitation caused runoff in the pool area.

• There was evaporation caused by the sun.

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After a hot sunny day, a plant withers and dries up. Which explains how this happens?

•  The hot sun causes condensation of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes transpiration of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes respiration of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes precipitation of the plant’s water.

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How does a decrease in temperature turn water vapor back into a liquid?

• through condensation

• through transpiration

• through precipitation

• through evaporation

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How would water vapor cooling and forming clouds impact the water cycle?

• by increasing transpiration

• by increasing evaporation

• by increasing runoff

• by increasing precipitation

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Which MOST affects the path of a weather system in the United States?

• the speed of the jet stream

• the temperature of the jet stream

• the location of the jet stream

• the width of the jet stream

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 What do ocean currents carry that MOST affects climates?

•  fish

• heat 

• salt

• ships

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Which of these actions causes wind?

• uneven heating of Earth’s surface

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• movement of air from water to land

• air passing Earth as it revolves around the Sun

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