Water Cycle 4th grade

All but one of the words should be included in the water cycle. Which word should be omitted?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Radiation

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Jerry listed the following processes in his notebook.

1. formation of dew on leaves

2. ice cubes turning to water

3. water drops on the outside of a glass of cold juice

4. clouds form in the air

All BUT ONE is an example of water changing from a gas to a liquid. Which example does not match the phase change?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Jill puts her glass of iced tea on the table and goes to make lunch. When she returns the outside of is covered in beads of water. What process is causing this to occur?

• Condesation

• Deposition

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

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When you drop a couple of ice cubes in a large glass of water, the water gets colder and the ice starts to melt. Why does the ice become water instead of the water becoming ice?

• Ice warms up faster than water cools down.

• It takes more energy to freeze than to melt

• There is more water to cool down than ice to warm up.

• Energy from outside the glass is absorbed by the ice.

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Brandon ice skates with his family at a local park every winter. Last summer, he noticed the pond he was fishing in was in the exact location of the ice skating rink. Which best explains why this is possible?

• A slab of concrete is placed over the pond and covered with ice each winter for ice skating.

• Bulldozers break the ice down after each winter and the pond is filled with water for the summer.

• The fish hatch under the frozen water and their movement causes the ice to break down into water again.

• The water is frozen solid as the temperature drops each winter and the ice melts when the temperature increases again.

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Condensation is ....

• When water vapor in the air changes to a liquid.

• When liquid turns to gas

• When the rain comes down from the cloud

• When a solid turns into a liquid

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What happens to water during evaporation?

• It turns gas as it cools.

• It turns to liquid as it cools.

• It turns to solid as temperature decreases.

• It turns to gas as the temperature increases.

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What comes after precipitation during the water cycle?

• sublimation

• evaporation

• condensation

• infiltration

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The driving force behind the water cycle and how and why water changes phase is the

• heat within Earth's core.

• Earth's atmosphere.

• weather on Earth.

• Sun's energy.

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Making a Water Cycle Model

1. Add soil to a plastic cup.

2. Place an ice cube on the soil.

3. Use plastic wrap to seal the top of the cup.

4. Place the cup in a location with direct sunlight.

Which statement is the BEST comparison between Earth's water cycle and the model described?

• The water evaporates down into the model's soil, instead of into the air.

• The ice cube in the model represents condensation in Earth's water cycle.

• When the ice melts, it will model infiltration as it absorbs into the soil.

• Condensation occurs in the model's soil, like it occurs in clouds for Earth

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