Study Jams Water Cycle

What is precipitation?

• the sweat from our bodies on hot days

• the gas that we use in furnaces and ovens

• any form of water that falls from the sky

• warm rain, but not cold snow or sleet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What is the water cycle?

• the process through which water evaporates

• the path water takes from Earth to the clouds and back again

• the path water takes from the mountain top to the soil

• the process of water falling from the clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these describes evaporation?

• Water vapor becomes a liquid.

• Plants lose water through their leaves.

• What comes down must go up.

• Water warms up and becomes a vapor.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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What is transpiration?

• the process in which plants release water through their leaves back into the air

• the process in which humans release sweat through their skin back into the air

• what happens when water vapor turns into a liquid

• the scientific name for the water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Water Cycle

What would most likely happen if it didn’t rain in a certain area for a long period of time?

• Plants would die, and animals wouldn’t receive nutrients from plants.

• Animals and plants would live the same way they always do.

• Animals would drink all the water and leave none for the plants.

• Nutrients would find a different way of getting to plants and animals.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the process in which water vapor changes to liquid?

• aviation

• evaporation

• water runoff

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What do water droplets form?

• humidity

• nutrients

• condensation

• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4