The Water Cycle

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor...

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets...

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

Precipitation occurs because...

• the droplets evaporate in the air

• the droplets are too light for the air to hold

• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to Earth in different forms...

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

Forms of precipitation are...

• only sleet and snow

• rain, sleet, snow, and hail

• only dew mists and rain

More evaporation occurs...

• at night time

• during the day time

The _____ is the driving force of the Earth's weather.

• sun

• moon

• stars

When plants give off drops of water, it is called...

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

When water flows back into the ocean it is called...

• run-off

• transpiration

• precipitation

When water turns into a gas...

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation