Weather & The Water Cycle Task Cards

The changes to water when it cycles on the Earth-

• The moon cycle

• The Sun Cycle

• The Water Cycle

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When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor-

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets-

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to Earth in different forms-

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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Forms of precipitation are

• Only sleet and snow

• Rain, sleet, snow, hail

• Only dew mists and rain

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The sun's energy-

• Changes daily

• Heats the ocean before evaporation

• Directly causes evaporation

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The __________ is the driving force of the Earth's weather and water cycle

• Sun

• Moon

• Stars

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The sun drives the water cycle by

• Heating the Ocean

• Rotating on its axis

• Giving light to plants

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Heat is part of the water cycle

• True

• False

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Most evaporation in the water cycle happens in oceans because-

• They are the largest bodies of water

• They contain salt

• They have ice in them

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