Science Water Cycle Review

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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Where the three stages of the water cycle?

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How does precipitation return to the water cycle?

• It becomes run off and returns to the ocean, sea, lakes and streams.

• It becomes solid rock.

• It becomes run off and turns to rock.

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Extended response. Explain the water cycle with examples for each step.

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A ________________ measures the amount of water vapor (humidity) in the air.

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A ______________ measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen.

Describe the conditions that are necessary for the snow to fall.

• Snow can not fall when the sun is out.

• If the air in the clouds and the air on the way down are both below freezing then ice crystals will form and fall as snowflakes.

• If the air in the clouds is cold and the air on the way down is hot then ice crystals will form and fall as snowflakes.

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Choose all that are precipitation.

• Rain

• Snow

• Rock

• Sleet

• Hail

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What is found in three forms or states on Earth?

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