Water Cycle Earth Science

Which of the following processes most directly affects the amount of water entering earth's atmosphere?

• precipitation and runoff

• condensation and precipitation

• transpiration and evaporation

• infiltration and recharge

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Which process is represented by letter F?

• Capillarity

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Vaporization

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What does letter X represent?

• the water table

• a flood plain

• sea level

• impermeable rock

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Base your answer to the next 4 questions on the diagram below, which shows a model of the water cycle. Letters A through F represent some processes of the water cycle. Letter X indicates the top of the underground zone that is saturated with water.

If the surface soil is saturated and precipitation increases, there will be

• a decrease in the amount of groundwater

• a decrease in the surface elevation of the lake

• an increase in the rate of capillarity

• an increase in the amount of runoff

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Base your answer to the next 4 questions on the diagram below, which shows a model of the water cycle. Letters A through F represent some processes of the water cycle. Letter X indicates the top of the underground zone that is saturated with water.

The processes of transpiration and evaporation are represented by letters

• A & B

• B & E

• C & A

• D & E

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The rate of evaporation of water can be increased by

• Increasing the amount of moisture in the air

• decreasing the temperature of the water

• increasing the temperature of the air

• decreasing the circulation of the air

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Surface runoff will generally be greatest when the

• rainfall is light and the ground is permeable

• infiltration rate is greater than the rainfall rate

• slope of the land is too great to permit infiltration

• ground is permeable and unsaturated

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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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What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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A student draws a model to represent the precesses involved in the water cycle, as shown. To which process is the formation of clouds related?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

• Melting

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