Water Cycle

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

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for water vapor turning back into liquid water?

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name for water falling from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• Precipitation

• Droplets

• Drizzle

• Downpour

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process of water seeping into the ground and becoming groundwater?

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Absorption

• Percolation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for water flowing over the land surface into bodies of water like rivers and lakes?

• overflow

• spillover

• runoff

• flood

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process involves the sun heating up water in oceans, lakes, and rivers causing it to evaporate?

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which process involves water vapor in the air cooling down and turning into liquid water droplets?

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process involves water droplets in clouds coming together to form larger droplets that eventually fall as precipitation?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Coalescence

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process involves water moving through soil and rocks to replenish underground water sources?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4