Weather

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

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets-

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Forms of precipitation are:

• Only sleet and hail

• Rain, snow, sleet, hail

• Only dew, mists, and rain

Precipitation only 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.

The _______ is the driving force of Earth’s weather.

• Moon

• Stars

• Sun

The water cycle has a beginning and an end.

• True

• False

Most of Earth’s water is found

• Underground in aquifers

• In rivers and lakes

• In the oceans

When water flows back into the ocean it is called…

• Run-off

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

This describes the condition of the air at a particular time and place.

• Climate

• Weather

• Temperature

• Greenhouse gas