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Water Cycle

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