NC Check in Physical Science

What is an example of evaporation?

• When water changes to ice.

• When water forms on the outside of a glass.

• When ice changes into water.

• When water changes into water vapor.

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What happens to water's weight when you freeze it?

• stays the same

• increases

• decreases

• water can't freeze

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What is matter?

• Anything that is small and has weight.

• Anything that is small and takes up space.

• Anything that takes up space and has weight.

• Anything that is large and has weight.

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What happened to the salt that we added to the one mini lake as the water turned into water vapor?

• It disappeared.

• It was left on the rocks and the side of the container.

• It evaporated into the air with the water.

• It was clumped up into a pile in the middle of the lake.

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Condensation is the opposite of evaporation.

• True

• False

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When gas/vapor turns into a liquid or solid, it is called _______;

• evaporation

• the water cycle

• dissolving

• condensation

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Water droplets forming on the outside of a cold glass of water on a hot, summer day is an example of which part of the water cycle?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Why are liquids sometimes used in a thermometer?

• because most liquids condense when heated and evaporate when cooled

• because most liquids melt when heated and freeze when cooled

• because most liquids contract when heated and expand when cooled

• because most liquids expand when heated and contract when cooled

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On a June day, a warm, moist air mass slowly passes over a colder air mass in North Carolina. What will most likely happen next?

• Rain will fall.

• Cirrus clouds will form.

• Skies will clear.

• Atmospheric pressure will rise.

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Which is most responsible for the movement of weather systems across the United States?

• the Gulf Stream

• the prevailing westerlies

• the southeast trade winds

• the jet stream

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