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Water Cycle

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  • What is the term for liquid water changing into water vapor?
    runoff
    condensation
    evaporation
    precipitation
  • Water evaporates mostly from
    land
    snow
    clouds
    oceans
  • Heat from the sun's energy most directly affects which part of the water cycle?
    transpiration
    precipitation
    evaporation
    condensation
  • Which term best describes the flow of water over land?
    condensation
    transpiration
    runoff
    precipitation
  • What provides the energy that evaporates water and heats land?
    sun
    oceans
    moon
    earth
  • One morning there is a puddle on the sidewalk, but the puddle is gone by 3pm. What causes this?
    precipitation
    evaporation
    runoff
    condensation
  • What is the term for water particles that fall from the sky?
    condensation
    evaporation
    precipitation
    runoff
  • When plants release water into the air, it is called ______________.
    precipitation
    condensation
    evaporation
    transpiration
  • During which part of the water cycle is heat energy lost?
    runoff
    evaporation
    precipitation
    condensation
  • Which would most likely happen in direct sunlight?
    Precipitation would occur more frequently.
    Evaporation would occur more quickly.
    Condensation would not occur.
    Evaporation would occur more slowly.
  • What is the path water takes from the earth to the clouds and back again?
    precipitation
    life cycle
    evaporation
    water cycle
  • In which way are evaporation and condensation similar?
    Both are caused by changes in heat energy.
    Both cause increases in air temperature.
    Both are caused by the warming of the atmosphere.
    Both cause decreases in air temperature.
  • Where does water go that reaches the earth's surface?
    transpiration
    ground water
    collection
    run off
  • Which of the following would be most affected by a lack of water?
    cars
    bugs
    rocks
    soil
  • If beads of water form on the outside of a glass that contained cold water, what happened?
    someone dripped water over the side
    water soaked through the glass
    water vapor condensed on the sides
    someone sprayed the glass with water
  • During which part of the water cycle is heat energy gained?
    precipitation
    condensation
    runoff
    evaporation
  • What is the changing of gas into a liquid?
    runoff
    precipitation
    evaporation
    condensation
  • Which parts of the water cycle change liquid into vapor?
    evaporation and transpiration
    transpiration and runoff
    condensation and transpiration
    evaporation and condensation
  • After water has condensed to form clouds, it falls back to Earth in the form of what?
    evaporation
    condensation
    precipitation
    transpiration
  • A glass of water is left out all day and beads of water form on the outside. What is the cause?
    evaporation
    condensation
    precipitation
    runoff