Cycling of Water

What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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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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water moves in a cycle due to

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• precipitation

• Transpiration

• Exhalation

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Plants contribute in the cycling of water through transpiration

• True

• False

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The continuous movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.

• water cycle

• weather

• rock cycle

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Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the land into streams, rivers, and lakes is called...

• accumulation

• runoff

• ground water

• surface water

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The transformation of water vapor back into liquid water by cooling is called...

• condensation

• evaporation

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If a rain drop lands in the ocean, it will eventually _______, and return to the clouds.

• condense

• evaporate

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After liquid water turns into water vapor, it goes into the air where it becomes a...

• glacier

• cloud

• surface water

• ground water

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