The Great Aqua Adventure

What is the water cycle?

• a. A system that explains how water moves on, above, and below the Earth

• b. A way to purify water

• c. A cycle that only happens in the ocean

• d. A method to store water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the states of matter?

• plasma, solid, friction, and heat

• gas, plasma, liquid, and solid

• liquid, water, plasma, and gas

• gas, liquid, plasma, and ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the hydrosphere?

• 
  a. The area where all water is found on Earth

• b. The layer of the Earth where plants grow

• c. The part of the Earth that is covered in ice
  

• d. The sky where clouds form

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process occurs when liquid water turns into water vapor?

• a. Condensation
  

• b. Precipitation
  

• c. Evaporation
  

• d. Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What happens to water vapor as it rises in the atmosphere?

• a. It gets hotter
  

• b. It freezes
  

• c. It cools down and condenses
  

• d. It disappears

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What do clouds consist of?

• a. Solid ice only
  

• b. Gases only
  

• c. Water vapor and tiny particles
  

• d. Only dust particles

How does precipitation occur?

• a. Water vapor turns into gas
  

• b. Water droplets in clouds stick together and fall
  

• c. Water evaporates into the air
  

• d. Water is absorbed by plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What form of precipitation can result from clouds that are cold enough?

• a. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
  

• b. Only fog
  

• c. Only rain
  

• d. Only ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What can happen to water once it falls to the ground?

• a. It can evaporate immediately
  

• b. It can join streams and rivers
  

• c. It can soak into the ground
  

• d. All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What energy source powers the water cycle?

• a. The Moon
  

• b. The Sun
  

• c. Wind
  

• d. Plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4