The Water Cycle

What is evaportation?

• water vapor meets cold air and turns back into liquid

• plants take water in from the soil

• water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor

• water vapor coming out of plants

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What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets?

• dehydration

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?

• wind

• soil

• plants

• sun

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What is another name for the water cycle?

• hydrologic cycle

• hydropshere

• ecosystem

• hydrocycle

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10% of the water vapor in the atmosphere comes from _______.

• dehydration

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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Water accumulates in an area called the ________.

• accumulation place

• run off

• hydrosphere

• collection

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The water falling to Earth in all forms is called precipitation.

• true

• false

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What has to happen to water for condensation to occur?

• the water has to be heated

• the water has to be cooled.

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What has to happen to water for evaporation to occur?

• the water has to be heated

• the water has to be cooled

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Water that does not absorb into the ground will ________ and pool in a collection.

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