Water Systems

What percentage of Earth is covered in water?

• 71%

• 90%

• 3%

• 93%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water is the most abundant liquid on Earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________ is a process where liquid water slowly turns to water vapour.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________ is the process of water returning to the ground as rain or snow.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Run-off

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________ is the process of plants using water through their leaves.

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

Most of Earth's fresh water is in the form of...

• Ice

• Lakes

• Ponds

• Rivers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In a specific location,

• The sun heats the surface during both the day and the night.

• The surface cools during both the day and the night.

• The surface cools during the day and is heated by the sun during the night.

• The surface is heated by the sun during the day and cools off during the night.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Convection currents are caused by

• lighter, warmer air sinking and pushing cooler, heavier air upward.

• cooler, heavier air sinking and pushing lighter, warmer air upward.

• an oven.

• the ocean.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False? Inland cities are cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a watershed?

• Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of water
• The shape of the land determined by elevation
• A natural stream of water of considerable  volume
• A river and all its tributaries

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