The Earth's System Chapter 2

Condensation involves a change of state of matter from a _________ to a ____________.

• solid to a liquid

• liquid to a gas

• gas to a liquid

• solid to a gas

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Which of the following is not an example of condensation?

• visible breath in cold weather

• moisture beads on car windows

• popsicle melting

• morning dew on the grass

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Which of the Earth's systems are interacting when evaporation occurs between the ocean and air?

• biosphere and atmosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

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What forms when enough water vapor gets cold and condenses into liquid water?

• rain drops

• snow

• hail

• sleep

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The ocean absorbs much of the sunlight reaching Earth. What process occurs when water in the ocean absorbs sunlight and heats up?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• accumulation

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From the book Drinking Cleopatra's Tears, what does the word drops mean in the sentence?

The drops of liquid water you see all over the grass condensed from water vapor in the air.

• a low temperature

• lets something fall

• a stone

• small round blobs of something

What process occurs when liquid turns into a gas like in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• percipitation

• water vapor

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Which city would be likely to have more evaporation?

• San Antonio, Texas at 98 degrees

• Alexandria, Louisiana at 85 degrees

• Little Rock, Arkansas at 78 degrees

• Branson, Missouri at 75 degrees

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Which of the following is NOT a reason more rain forms over West Ferris than East Ferris?

• more water vapor

• increased condensation

• increased population

• cooler temperature

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This is a picture of molecules. If the temperature was increased or got hotter, what would the molecules look like?

• spread apart

• larger

• close together

• smaller

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