Unit 8 test

Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• The moon

• The ocean

• The sun

• Evaporation

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What is compaction in sedimentary rocks?

• When sediment is squeezed together to remove water and air

• The breaking down of rock

• Depositing sediment in a new location

• When minerals in water cement sediments together

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How was coal formed?

• Fossils of organisms were buried

• marine microorganisms were buried and compacted

• Prehistoric plants where covered by swamps

• plankton died and was covered by sediment

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If natural gas and oil form beneath the ocean, how do we find it on land?

• Carried by the water cycle

• It moved through the groundwater

• Environmental changes over millions of years

• It formed from land organisms.

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The process of water heating and turning into water vapor.

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The process of water vapor cooling and turning back into liquid water.

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The process by which plants lose water through their leaves.

Snow, sleet, hail, rain

• precipitation

• evaporate

• accumulate

• condensate

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L14: Water vapor ​ (a)   as it moves ​ (b)   , to where the atmosphere is colder.

• condenses
• higher
• lower
• hydrosphere

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What helps to move clouds and weather throughout the atmosphere?

• condensation

• water cycle

• sun

• wind

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