Water Cycle

As water vapor condenses into liquid, which of the following can be formed?

• ice

• steam

• frost

• clouds

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If left in the sunshine, water in an open jar will

• evaporate

• condense

• freeze

• melt

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In the morning, students observed puddles of water all over the playground. What would BEST explain why the playground was dry in the afternoon?

• animals drank the water

• the wind stopped blowing

• someone dried the puddles

• the water evaporated during the day

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Snow turns to liquid water when it

• freezes

• melts

• condenses

• evaporate

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Jonathan places a pot of water on a stove. As the water boils, how does the state of the water change?

• from gas to liquid

• from liquid to gas

• from liquid to solid

• from solid to liquid

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What causes water molecules to change from a liquid into a gas?

• drinking the water

• cooling the water

• pouring the water

• heating the water

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Think about how water would change if an ice cube tray was filled with water, placed in the freezer over night, and then left out on the counter the next day.  In what order would the phases of water be from when the tray was filled to when it was left out on the counter?

• liquid, solid, liquid

• solid, liquid, gas

• liquid, solid, gas

• solid, liquid, solid

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Kasey spilled some of her water bottle on her clothes at lunch. By the time she got on the bus to go home, her clothes were dry.  Which statement is a reasonable explanation for why her clothes were no longer wet?

• Kasey's clothes dried because her body heat dried them. 

• Kasey's clothes dried because she put them in a clothes dryer. 

• Kasey's clothes dried because the water evaporated into the air. 

• Kasey's clothes dried because the water dripped out of her clothes.  

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Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are all processes which occur in the

• water cycle

• energy cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

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In the water cycle, after water has condensed to form clouds, it falls back to Earth in the form of

• evaporation

• vaporazation

• condensation

• precipitation

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