Generation Genius Water Cycle

What is the constant motion of water condensing and evaporating all around us called?

• aquatic cycle

• water migration

• distillation apparatus

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water vapor is the way to describe which form of water?

• liquid

• gas

• solid

• ice

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What are clouds made out of?

• water in gas form

• tiny water droplets

• steam

• ice crystals

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When water forms water vapor, what process is happening?

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• melting

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What do you call water vapor that has condensed on grass?

• rain

• fog

• sap

• dew

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How old is most of the water that we drink today?

• thousands of years

• millions of years

• a few months

• a few weeks

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How does water get from the clouds back to the ground? Think carefully!

• evaporates into the clouds

• rain, sleet, hail, and snow

• melts from icebergs

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As the temperature rises (goes up), water evaporates FASTER or SLOWER?

• faster

• slower

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What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which part of the water cycle involves water soaking into the ground?

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Condensation

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