Water Cycle (5.6B)

What is the relationship between the Sun and the ocean in the water cycle?

• The Sun heats the ocean
• The Sun evaporates the ocean
• The Sun cools the ocean
• The Sun freezes the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to water vapor as it rises?

• It condenses
• It freezes
• It evaporates
• It becomes groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name for the gas form of water?

• Groundwater
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name for the process of water flowing into rivers that carry it back to the ocean?

• Runoff
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas called?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the name for water that falls back to the ocean or onto land?

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What pulls the moisture downward in the water cycle?

• Gravity
• Saturated clouds
• Evaporation
• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What causes precipitation to occur?

• Evaporation
• Saturated clouds
• Gravity
• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the name for moisture in the soil or underground rivers?

• Groundwater
• Condensation
• Runoff
• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name for the process of water vapor changing from gas to liquid?

• Runoff
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4