Water Cycle FA

Why is water considered a polar molecule?

• it has a positive and negative "side"

• it has two positive "sides"

• it has two negative "sides"

• it has a net neutral charge

What type of chemical bond does liquid water have?

• van der Waals bonds

• ionic bonds

• covalent bonds

• hydrogen bonds

How is temperature defined?

• how hot something is

• the measurement of enthalpy of moleculs

• the average of electrostatic vibration of atoms/molecules

• the average thermal vibration of atoms/molecules

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Why does ice float on water?

• ice is less dense than water

• ice is more dense than water

• water is less dense than ice

• water has a higher mass than ice

Why does it take more energy to warm up water compared to sand?

• water has a higher mass

• water has a lower mass

• water has a higher heat capacity

• water has a higher volume

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Why is the water cycle not completely a closed system? [choose more than one]

• water gets buried with sediments

• water evaporates into the atmosphere

• water sublimates out of ice

• water escapes from volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What TWO conditions need to happen for clouds to form in the atmosphere?

• increased water vapor

• decreased water vapor

• increased temperature

• decreased temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is porosity?

• the measure of compaction in a material

• the percentage of pore in a material

• the measure of how easy a fluid can flow

• the percentage of cementation in a material

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is permeability?

• the measure of compaction in a material

• the percentage of pore in a material

• the measure of how easy a fluid can flow

• the percentage of cementation in a material

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Besides evaporation what are two pathways water can take after precipitation onto continents?

• infiltration

• surface runoff

• condensation

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4