The Water Cycle

Front

_______ is the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing of gas to a liquid.

Back

Condensation

Front

What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes in the water cycle? Options: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation; Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation; Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation; Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

Back

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

Front

What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

Back

The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

Front

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

Back

The sun

Front

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product? Options: condensation, evaporation, sublimation, transpiration

Back

transpiration

Front

True or False: Water droplets bond together with dust particles to form clouds during condensation.

Back

True

Front

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

Back

Hydrologic cycle

Front

What has most likely happened to the puddle of water Jayden noticed on his way home from school, which was gone the next day?

Back

It evaporated.

Front

Forms of precipitation are:

Back

rain, sleet, hail, and snow

Front

As time goes by and water goes through the water cycle again and again, the amount of water on Earth:

Back

remains the same