Water Cycle

What is the process by which water evaporates from the surface of the Earth and rises into the atmosphere?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

What is the term for water vapor in the atmosphere that condenses into clouds?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• fog

• humidity

What is the process by which water droplets in clouds combine to form larger droplets that eventually fall as precipitation?

• Collision and coalescence

• Absorption and desorption

• Condensation and evaporation

• Fusion and solidification

What is the term for water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

What is the term for the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth?

• life cycle

• water cycle

• aquatic cycle

• liquid cycle

What is the name of the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

What is the term for the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

What is the term for the process by which water moves from the Earth's surface back into the atmosphere?

• condensation

• sublimation

• precipitation

• evaporation

What is the name of the process by which water vapor in the atmosphere turns into liquid water?

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

What is the term for the process by which water moves from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration