Water Cycle

_______________ is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

• evaporation

• run-off

• condensation

• water cycle

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What is the water cycle?

• rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean

• the process that occurs when water changes from a gas to a liquid

• the changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth.

• when heat transfers from hot to cold materials

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Define transpiration

• the movement of objects from one point to another point

• water droplets falling from the atmosphere as rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• it's the same as the water cycle

• the passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

_______________ is water droplets falling from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• Precipitation

• Conduction

• Evaporation

• Radiation

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__________________ is the cooling of water in the atmosphere changing a gas to a liquid

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

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Define evaporation.

• heating the earth

• the cooling of water in the atmosphere changing a gas to a liquid

• the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat.

• rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean

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Crystallization is __________.

• the process in which atoms are arranged to form a new material with a crystal structure

• rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean

• the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing gas to a liquid

• water droplets that fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail

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The _______ drives the water cycle by providing radiant energy (heat).

• moon

• Earth

• Sun

• groundwater

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The water cycle is continuous. It has no beginning or end.

• True

• False

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It is likely that there will be the same amount of water on Earth in one million years.

• True

• False

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