TN Ready 3rd Grade Water Cycle 3.ESS2.1

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In clouds, water droplets that are too heavy to float form

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rain.

Front

Which of the following best describes lakes and rivers? Rivers are made of salt water, and lakes are made of fresh water. Lakes are made of salt water, and rivers are made of fresh water. They are both made of fresh water, but lakes always have flowing water. They are both made of fresh water, but rivers always have flowing water.

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They are both made of fresh water, but rivers always have flowing water.

Front

Which statement is true about the water cycle and Earth's spheres?
The water cycle only moves water through the hydrosphere.
When rain is taken up by trees, water is moving from the biosphere to the geosphere.
When water evaporates from the ocean, water is moving from the atmosphere to the hydrosphere.
The water cycle moves water through all spheres.

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The water cycle moves water through all spheres.

Front

The picture shows the Earth's water cycle. In the afternoon, there is more evaporation from the lake than in the morning. Which statement about the amount of sunlight is most correct?

Back

More sunlight reaches the lake in the afternoon.

Front

What parts of the water cycle made the changes that happened between the pictures of the same street at different times on a summer day?
At 6 a.m. the street and sidewalk were dry.
At noon the street and sidewalk were wet.
At 6 p.m. the street and sidewalk were dry again.

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precipitation between 6 a.m. and noon
evaporation and runoff between noon and 6 p.m.

Front

A map has two bodies of water that are circled. Body X is made of fresh water that is frozen. Body Y is made of fresh water that flows. Which sentence best describes Body X and Body Y?

Back

Body X is a glacier, and body Y is a stream.

Front

What reservoir contains 97% of Earth's water?

Back

the ocean

Front

The water on Earth is_____________

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mostly saltwater.

Front

Marisa wants to make a liquid evaporate very quickly. How might she change the temperature of the liquid to speed up evaporation?

Back

She can heat the liquid on a hot plate.

Front

Where could a whale live?

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In the ocean.