Water Cycle and Terms

This is the evaporation of water from plants leaves, stems, and sometimes flowers.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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Water released from clouds as rain, hail, sleet or snow is called

• Precipitation

• Accumulation

• Evaporation

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The process by which liquid turns to a gas.

• Accumulation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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The process where water vapor becomes a liquid.

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Accumulation

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What is it called when water collects in rivers, lakes, streams and oceans?

• Evaporation

• Condenstation

• Accumulation

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The water cycle is primarily driven by the energy from the __.

• Moon

• Gravity

• Sun

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About what percentage of the Earth's water is salt water?

• 5%

• 100%

• 97%

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About what percent of Earth's water is considered freshwater?

• 95%

• 3%

• 8%

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This is water that does not contain salt.

• Salt Water

• Freshwater

• Ocean

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Salinity is the concentration of dissolved salt in a given volume of water.

• True

• False