The Water Cycle

The process by which water changes into water vapor:

•  evaporation
• transpiration
• condensation
• water cycle

The process by which water falls from clouds to the earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, and hail:

• transpiration
• condensation
• precipitation
• weather

About 25 percent of all precipitation falls on the earth's oceans.

• true
• false

The process by which plants give off water vapor into the atmosphere.

• sweating
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

The water cycle is a continuous movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth's surface and back to the atmosphere again.

• true
• false

During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?

• condesantion
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off