Water Cycle

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic Cycle

• Geosphere

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• The heat generated soley from the core of the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The _________ exerts a major influence on weather and climate by absorbing energy from the sun, releasing it over time, and globally redistributing it through ocean currents.

• Sun

• Ocean

• Continents

• Desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow

• clouds

• air

• vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• condensation

• sublimation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

 During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During which stage does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?

• runoff

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Warm water always evaporates quicker than cold water.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

 What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water

• when water melts

• when clouds form

• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4