The Water Cycle

What is the water cycle?

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

• the continuous movement of air from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again.

• a body of water, often an artificial lake, which is used to store water for human use.

• water that falls to Earth’s surface

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Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• plants
• animals
• the sun
• power plants

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What is the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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What is the process that occurs when water vapor is cooled and changes from a gas to a liquid?

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

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Which list includes four forms of precipitation?

• rain, sleet, snow, water

• sleet, snow, rain, hail

• lakes, mist, ice, run-off

• condensation, evaporation, transpiration, precipitation

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When a plant releases water through its leaves is called...

• precipitation

• leakage

• condensation

• transpiration

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Water that flows back to the ocean is called...

• transpiration

• evaporation

• run-off

• ocean water

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How much of the Earth's surface is water?

• 4%

• 100%

• 23.5%

• 75%

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In which form does water rise into the atmosphere when it evaporates?

• water vapor

• water droplets

• snow

• ice

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What is precipitation?

• change from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below boiling.

• water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain, sleet, snow, hail, and mist.

• change from a gas to a liquid.

• water that moves across the surface of land into streams or rivers.

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