Water Cycle

Which process of the water cycle is similar to water droplets forming on grass early in the morning?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is another name for the water cycle?

• high quality H2O

• watershed

• hydrosphere

• hydrologic cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of land that catches all of the precipitation and surface runoff in an area?

• water table

• reservoir

• watershed

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Volcanoes are important in the water cycle because they release this during eruptions?

• water vapor

• lava

• smoke

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This is responsible for keeping water constantly moving in the water cycle?

• sunlight

• wind

• earthquakes

• molten core of Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water changes from a liquid to a gas, it is called?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• runoff

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Most of the frozen water on Earth is found in?

• groundwater

• glaciers

• geysers

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When plants lose water through pores in their leaves?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• runoff

• percolation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Humans are directly involved in the water cycle because of?

• respiration

  & perspiration

• respiration

  & precipitation

• transpiration

  & respiration

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water plays a major role in shaping the surface of the Earth, how?

• respiration

• erosion

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4