7.E.1.2 NC Final Exam Review SCIENCE

Water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises and cools, condenses into rain or snow, and falls again to the surface in many forms of ___________.

• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation
• transpiration

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The water falling on land collects in rivers and lakes, soil, and porous layers of rock, and much of it flows back into the oceans. That collection of water is known as ______________________.

• run-off
• accumulation
• evaporation
• condensation

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The cycling of water in and out of the __________________ (lowest layer of the atmosphere) is a significant aspect of the weather patterns on Earth.

• ozone layer
• mountains
• troposphere
• toilet

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___________________ provides the energy that evaporates water from the surface of Earth.

• food
• heat
• gravity
• Sunlight

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Some of the water vapor comes from the continents, but most comes from the _________.

• oceans
• lakes
• rivers
• sweat

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Winds carry the water _________ from the ocean over the continents. Part of the water vapor condenses into clouds, then falls as rain or snow.

• bubbles
• vapor
• balloons
• seeds

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Some of the rain returns to the ocean from rivers and streams as runoff. Some seeps into the ground through a process called ____________to later percolate and become groundwater.

• transpiration
• evaporation
• infiltration
• precipitation

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Some returns to the air by evaporation from the ground or by _________________ from plant leaves.

• condensation
• percolation
• infiltration
• transpiration

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When runoff from the continents returns to the ocean, one turn of the _______ cycle is completed. Other routes are possible. For example, water that evaporates from the ocean can return to the ocean as rain.

• water
• rock
• butterfly
• cloud

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The water cycle never _________. The salt water of the ocean supplies fresh water to the continents over and over again.

• sleeps
• ends
• slows
• speeds up

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