water cycle cornell notes

Which statement correctly describes how clouds are formed?

• Clouds form when a large block of ice is frozen in the sky.

• Clouds form when a solid changes directly to a gas through sublimation.

• Clouds form when water vapor condenses around tiny specks of dirt in the air.

• Clouds form when water vapor evaporates from a lake, river, puddle, or ocean.

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Which of the following are types of freshwater that can be used by people?

Select all that are true.

• groundwater

• ice caps and glaciers

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

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Which sphere does most of the water cycle operate in?

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

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What is the term for the process in which plants give off water ?

• precipitation

• transpiration

• runoff

• condensation

• collection

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The process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas, and lakes)

• runoff

• accumulation

• evaporation

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The process in which water falls from clouds in the sky

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

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What do we call the entire process for how water is moved through the environment ?

• motor cycle

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• water cycle

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Which state of matter has a definite size and a definite shape?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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This precipitation forms around tiny dust particles and falls through above freezing temperatures.

• sleet

• snow

• freezing rain

• rain

• hail

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Forms of precipitation include--

• A. snow, sleet, and hail only

• B. rain and snow only

• C. sleet, snow, rain, and hail

• D. hail and rain only

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