6.3.1 Water Cycle Academic Words

What is the largest mass in the solar system that acts as an energy source by heating through radiation?

• Moon

• Earth

• Sun

• Mars

What term describes how water circulates between bodies of water, air, and land?

• Water Cycle

• Waterfall

• Water Flow

• Water Stream

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What is the term for when parts or molecules are very close together without a lot of space between them?

• Density

• Volume

• Mass

• Weight

What is water that has added energy and turned to gas called?

• Ice

• Water Vapor

• Liquid Water

• Steam

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What is the process of changing from a gas to a liquid called?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Freezing

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What force causes objects to have weight and attracts them towards each other?

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Friction

• Tension

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

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

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What is it called when a liquid flows away from a surface, usually because the ground is saturated with water?

• Run-off

• Infiltration

• Absorption

• Collection

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What does it mean when something is filled or soaked completely?

• Dry

• Saturated

• Evaporated

• Condensed

What is the slow passage of liquid through the ground called?

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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