The Water Cycle

What forms when water vapor on a surface freezes without first becoming a liquid? 

• Frost
• Dew 
• Rain
• Fog

When water _________, dew forms.

• Melts
• Evaporates
• Condenses
• Precipitates

What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through cold air and freeze before they hit the ground? 

• Rain
• Freezing Rain
• Sleet 
• Snow

What type of precipitation forms when snow melts into rain, the drops hit cold air, and freezes when it hits the ground or something cold? 

• Rain
• Freezing Rain
• Sleet
• Snow

What type of precipitation forms when it falls into cold air and never melts on the way to the ground? 

• Rain
• Freezing Rain
• Sleet
• Snow

What type of precipitation forms when snow falls into warm air and melts. 

• Rain
• Freezing Rain
• Sleet
• Snow

What is water vapor?

• Water on the land (geosphere)
• Water in the air (atmosphere)
• Water in plants
• Water in the water (hydrosphere)

What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?

• Water evaporates into water vapor
• Water vapor condenses and forms a  cloud
• Water precipitates to the ground
• Water runs down into the hydrosphere

What cloud is found at ground level? 

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Culumlus 
• Fog

During the wintertime what precipitation do we often see? Why?

• Snow, the air is cold
• Rain, the air is warm