Earth's Water Assessment

The water cycle includes the circulation of all of the water on Earth. Which of these would would be included in the water cycle.

• surface water

• atmospheric water vapor

• glaciers

• all of the above

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How are evaporation and transpiration similar?

• They are both processes in which liquid water is changed into water vapor.

• They both occur in the biosphere.

• They both process water in its solid state.

• Both processes occur immediately before precipitation in the water cycle.

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The Sun heats the Earth's water. This warm water turns into a vapor, and rises into the atmosphere, where it

cools off. What happens to this water vapor?

• The water vapor only rises for a very short time, then settles back into the ocean unnoticed.

• The water vapor condenses as it cools, then it forms clouds. It later returns to the Earth as precipitation.

• The water vapor pushes clouds out of the way as it rises. This causes overcast conditions to clear.

• The water vapor evaporates and escapes into space. New water is formed by precipitation.

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Clouds are formed when water vapor

• falls and heats up.

• rises and cools down.

• rises and heats up.

• falls and cools down.

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How does radiant heat from the Sun affect the water cycle?

• It causes precipitation.

• It causes infiltration.

• It causes evaporation.

• It causes collection.

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Water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth's surface again in a process known as the water cycle. Which of the following is the major form of energy driving the water cycle?

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• nuclear energy

• chemical energy

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Rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all examples of

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• infiltration

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Clouds are formed when water vapor cools and condenses in a liquid state. Eventually, the air in the cloud becomes saturated with water. The water droplets that create the cloud combine, forming larger droplets which become heavier. What happens next?

• The water's weight causes the cloud to move, which we feel as wind.

• The water droplets fall to the Earth as rain.

• The water droplets evaporate and become water vapor again.

• The water is absorbed into the atmosphere.

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What are the two reservoirs that contain almost all of Earth's fresh water?

• lakes and rivers

• streams and estuaries

• marshes and swamps

• glaciers and groundwater

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What is the main source of groundwater?

• morning dew collecting on the surface of shrubs and grasses

• precipitation seeping through pores and cracks in the ground

• precipitation falling into man-made wells

• saltwater flowing into fault lines at the ocean floor

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