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What is the water cycle? The water cycle is the journey that water takes around the ________.

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

• Ocean

What is the process called when the sun shines on water, making it warm and turn into vapor or steam, and the water goes up into the sky as an invisible gas?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

When the sun shines on water, it makes the water warm and turn into vapor or steam, which goes up into the sky as an invisible gas.

• True

• False

What is condensation?

• The process where water turns into vapor

• The process where warm water vapor rises, cools down, and turns back into tiny water droplets that form clouds

• The process where water falls from clouds as rain

• The process where water is absorbed by plants

Fill in the blank: When the warm water vapor rises into the sky, it cools down and turns back into tiny water _________.

• droplets

• crystals

• bubbles

• flakes

Condensation is the process where water droplets stick together and form _______.

• clouds

• rocks

• leaves

• sand

Fill in the blank: When the clouds become too heavy with water droplets, they fall back to the ground as ________, snow, sleet, or hail.

• rain

• fog

• dew

• mist

Precipitation occurs when clouds become too heavy with water droplets and the water falls back to the ground.

• True

• False

When rain falls to the ground, it collects in ________, rivers, and oceans.

• lakes

• mountains

• deserts

• forests

When rain falls to the ground, some of the water soaks into the ground and becomes ________.

• groundwater

• surface water

• clouds

• runoff