Cycle

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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What are formed when water vapor condenses and come together?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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How do animals obtain nitrogen stored in plants?

• Denitrifying bacteria

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Directly from the atmosphere

• They eat the plants

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The nitrogen cycle is a process in which nitrogen is moving from the air to the ground to ____________________________ and back again.

• plants, animals, and humans (living things)

• lava

• clouds

• hydrogen

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Which statement follows logically from the idea that droughts are cyclical?

• Droughts happen every year

• Droughts always occur in the summer

• Droughts have become less severe

• Droughts cannot be entirely prevented

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Where is the "free" nitrogen in this diagram?

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What helps make nitrogen available for other biotic organisms?

• whales

• shrimp

• trees

• bacteria

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_______________________ converts nitrogen into a form that plants can absorb.

• Denitrifying bacteria

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Decomposers

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