Water Cycle

Front

Water vapor leaves a plant in the biosphere and goes into the atmosphere through: transpiration, respiration, precipitation, evaporation.

Back

transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

biosphere

Back

regions that contain all the living things on Earth

Front

What moves underground to the ocean?

Back

groundwater

Front

What happens when water vapor loses thermal energy?

Back

It condenses into millions of droplets that form clouds.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

atmosphere

Back

the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

When is energy absorbed during the water cycle? Options: during evaporation, during transpiration, during condensation, during precipitation

Back

during evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

hydrosphere

Back

all the water on Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

____ happens when liquid turns into a gas on Earth's surface

Back

evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

How does energy from the Sun drive evaporation?

Back

It speeds up the water molecules and breaks their bonds.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

reservoirs

Back

water storage areas during the water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4