Water Cycle

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What is it called when water is formed from a liquid to a water vapor?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

What is occurring at A in the diagram?

• runoff
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation

What process is happening at C in the diagram?

• runoff
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land.

• weathering

• transpiration

• run-off

• precipitation

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

The major source of energy and the driving energy source of the water cycle. __________________

• moon

• ocaen

• Sun

• atmosphere

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle