Quizizz: The Water Cycle

What is the process by which water enters the atmosphere as a gas?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to water when it evaporates?

• It changes from a solid to a liquid

• It changes from a liquid to a gas

• It changes from a gas to a solid

• It changes from a gas to a liquid

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How does water enter the atmosphere from the leaves of plants?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens when water vapor cools down?

• It evaporates

• It condenses into tiny liquid droplets

• It becomes groundwater

• It forms clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is precipitation?

• When water evaporates from the ocean

• When water forms clouds

• When water returns to Earth's surface

• When water enters the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the force that causes precipitation to return to Earth's surface?

• Gravity

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Where does precipitation run along the surface of the ground?

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Oceans

• Streams

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens to rainwater that seeps into the soil?

• It becomes groundwater

• It forms clouds

• It evaporates

• It disappears

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water evaporates from a plant's leaves into the atmosphere during ____________.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Seepage

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The water cycle stops after seepage.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4