The Water Cycle

What happens when water evaporates?

• It changes from a solid to a liquid.
• It changes from a gas to a solid.
• It changes from a liquid to a gas.
• It changes from a gas to a liquid.

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What might happen if it rains in a polluted area?

• Animals will come to the area and clean it.
• The area will stop being polluted by people.
• Pollution will keep the area from flooding.
• Rain might carry pollution into rivers.

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What powers the water cycle?

• plants
• the Sun
• wind
• animals

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What happens when there is more water than air can hold?

• The water turns into water vapor and rises up.
• The water falls to the ground as precipitation.
• The water evaporates and turns into clouds.
• The water condenses and turns into a gas.

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Where can you find most of the Earth's water?

• in the oceans
• in the clouds
• frozen in ice caps
• under the ground

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Which is a form of precipitation?

• solid
• light
• sleet
• wind

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Where does most of the evaporated water on Earth come from?

• from the oceans
• from the rivers
• from the lakes
• from the ponds

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What happens when water vapor condenses and collects in the atmosphere?

• Groundwater flows faster
• The Sun shines brighter.
• Clouds can form in the sky.
• More ocean water evaporates.

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Which sentence is TRUE?

• Very little of Earth's water is freshwater that we can drink.
• Most of the Earth's surface is covered by large bodies of land.
• Precipitation is the way liquid water turns to water vapor.
• Water stays in one place and does not move on our planet.

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Sometimes water runoff flows into streams or rivers. Why might this happen?

• The ground is absorbing water.
• The ground is permeable to water.
• The ground is saturated with water.
• The ground is depleted and lacking water.

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