Water Cycle Bellringer Quiz

What is the process called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

During which process does water vapor cool and change back into liquid, forming clouds?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following processes with their correct descriptions.

• What is called when water moves across the surface of the land and into rivers, lakes, and oceans?

• Transpiration

• What is called when water soaks into the soil from the ground level and moves underground?

• Accumulation

• What is the process called when water collects in large bodies like rivers, lakes, and oceans?

• Runoff

• What is the process called when water vapor is released from plants into the atmosphere?

• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process describes the movement of water into the soil from the surface?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which plants lose water out of their leaves?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What term is used to describe the collection of water into rivers, lakes, and oceans?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Accumulation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.5-ESS2-2

What is the process called when solid water (ice or snow) changes directly into water vapor without becoming liquid first? (a)  

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Sublimation
• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process is NOT directly involved in the water cycle?

• Photosynthesis

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Plants play a role in the water cycle by (a)   .

• They increase runoff
• They produce large amounts of conde
• They absorb water through transpira
• They release water into the atmosph

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4