5.8(B) Water Cycle

What is the role of the ocean in the water cycle?

• It provides water for the water cycle

• It absorbs cold energy from the Sun

• It freezes the water

• It turns water into ice

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Why do we use models?

• To make things more complicated

• To help us understand things we cannot see or experience directly

• To make things invisible

• To confuse us

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What is evaporation?

• When water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water

• When thermal energy converts liquid water into a gas

• When water stays in the ocean

• When water freezes into ice

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Why does Earth have a limited amount of water?

• Because water keeps disappearing

• Because water keeps recycling

• Because water is always new

• Because water is always old

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What is the process called when precipitation is collected in oceans, lakes, and rivers?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Collection (accumulation)

• Transpiration

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

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Oxygen cycle

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What role do ocean currents play in the Earth's climate?

• They create new landforms.

• They transfer heat toward the poles.

• They produce rain.

• They cause earthquakes.

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What happens when precipitation falls and releases thermal energy?

• It cools the atmosphere.

• It releases thermal energy into the atmosphere.

• It freezes the ocean.

• It creates wind.

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What is the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere?

• They are unrelated.

• They work together to move heat and freshwater.

• They create mountains.

• They produce oxygen.

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What is the significance of the Gulf Stream?

• It creates new landforms.

• It transports heat toward the poles.

• It produces rain.

• It causes earthquakes.

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