Water Cycle Earth Science

Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for there being different forms of precipitation?

• Evaporation

• Run-off

• Temperature

• Transpiration

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What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

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Warm, less dense air (including vapor) rises in the atmosphere. Cool, more dense air (including vapor) sinks. This transfer is . . . .

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• gravity

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How is transpiration important to the water cycle?

• It is the evaporation of water from the leaves of plants back into the atmosphere allowing the cycle to continue.

• It results in the deposition of water vapor directly as ice, so water changes states causing the cycle to move to the next phase.

• It allows plants to absorb water through their roots which is then precipitated back into the atmosphere.

• It permits the diffusion of water from the surface to water tables deep underground which restores groundwater supplies.

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Which processes of the water cycle will add water vapor to the atmosphere?

• evaporation and condensation

• condensation and precipitation

• precipitation and transpiration

• transpiration and evaporation

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As 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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There are several stages in the water cycle. What happens to water during transpiration?

• Water sinks into the ground.

• Water from the ocean is converted into vapor by the Sun.

• Water vapor in the atmosphere is converted into water droplets.

• Water from plants enters into the environment in the form of vapor

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What would most likely happen if all evaporation of water stopped?

• Runoff would increase.

• More clouds would form.

• No precipitation would fall.

• Moist air would be in the atmosphere

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To which process is the formation of clouds related?

• condensation

• evaporation

• freezing

• melting

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