The Water Cycle

What process is happening step A?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water vapor is released into the atmosphere through plants.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which molecules of water vapor become liquid water.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface because of gravity.

• accumulation

• precipitation

• condensation

• surface runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Select the two key forces that drive the water cycle!

• Gravity

• Nuclear Energy

• Radiant energy (the sun)

• Transnational Chemistry

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In order for evaporation to occur, liquid water must change state into a ___________.

• gas

• solid

• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

In order for condensation to occur, water vapor (gas) must change state into a _________.

• solid

• liquid

• gel

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

______________ is the step in the water cycle that moves the most amount of water up into the atmosphere.

• Condensation

• Crystallization

• Evaporation

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In science a cycle is......

• anything that happens naturally

• an individual event that occurs

• a series of events that repeat themselves

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What process is happening step B?

• transpiration

• precipitation

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4