Water Cycle Quiz

What is the process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gaseous phase of the water cycle?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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What is water in gas form called?

• Water vapor

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do plants lose water through tiny pores on their leaves?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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What is the process by which a substance in its gaseous phase loses energy and enters its liquid phase?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow called?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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What is the term for water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers, and oceans?

• Surface runoff

• Transpiration

• Percolation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process of liquid moving through a porous substance called?

• Surface runoff

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Percolation

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What is an underground area of sediment and rocks that is filled with groundwater called?

• Surface runoff

• Percolation

• Watershed

• Aquifer

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What is an area of land that catches all precipitation and surface runoff and collects it in a body of water such as a river called?

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Percolation

• Surface runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for water in gas form?

• Water vapor

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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