Earth Systems Review

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

What follows evaporation during the water cycle? 

• Water evaporates into water vapor
• Water vapor condenses and forms a  cloud
• Water precipitates to the ground
• Water runs down into the hydrosphere

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Water moves directly from a lake to the air by which of the following processes?

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Sedimentation

Which of the following describes water changing from liquid to solid?

• 
  ice forming on a lake
• 
  dew forming on grass
• snow melting into a puddle
• water evaporating from a pond

Most of Earth's water is found

• underground
• in lakes
• in oceans
• in rivers

What is condensation?

• Change in state of matter from a liquid to a gas

• Change in state of matter from a solid to a liquid

• Change in state of matter from a gas to a liquid

• Change in state of matter from a liquid to a solid

What is evaporation?

• The process of a solid changing directly into a gas

• The process of a gas changing into a liquid

• The process of a liquid changing into a solid

• The process of a liquid changing into a vapor or gas