Water Cycle

Click ALL the examples of precipitation.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• water droplets

• air

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What causes evaporation?

• Water getting warmed

• Gas cooling down

• Rain falling from the sky

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When water gets warm and changes to a gas, it is called...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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What comes after precipitation during the water cycle?

• sublimation

• evaporation

• condensation

• infiltration

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The driving force behind the water cycle and how and why water changes phase is the

• heat within Earth's core.

• Earth's atmosphere.

• weather on Earth.

• Sun's energy.

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Which statement is the BEST comparison between Earth's water cycle and the model described?

• The water evaporates down into the model's soil, instead of into the air.

• The ice cube in the model represents condensation in Earth's water cycle.

• When the ice melts, it will model infiltration as it absorbs into the soil.

• Condensation occurs in the model's soil, like it occurs in clouds for Earth

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Water evaporates from Earth and then cools and returns to Earth as

• cloud cover.

• condensation.

• precipitation.

• surface runoff.

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The water cycle is..

• Water that continues to run down a mountain

• Rain and evaporation

• The never ending movement of water between the ground and the atmosphere

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All but one of the words should be included in the water cycle. Which word should be omitted?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Radiation

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Jill puts her glass of iced tea on the table and goes to make lunch. When she returns the outside of is covered in beads of water. What process is causing this to occur?

• Condesation

• Deposition

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

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