Water Cycle Quiz 2020

What is the MAIN process by which water moves from land to the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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What happens when water vapor cools? Choose ALL that apply.

• It becomes liquid water.

• It stays the same.

• Energy transfers.

• Clouds form.

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The energy that transfers out of an air parcel to form clouds originally comes from:

• people

• the sun

• electricity

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Notice the clouds of different sizes in the photos below. In which photo do you think the most cooling and energy transfer occurred to form the clouds?

• A

• B

• C

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On Day 1 and Day 2, the air parcel above Anzac started with the same amount of water vapor in it. It only rained at the end of Day 2. What could have been different on Day 2 to cause rainfall?

• The air parcel gained energy on Day 2.

• The air parcel lost energy on Day 2.

• The air parcel did not gain or lose energy.

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Air Parcel 1 is warmer than the surrounding air. Air Parcel 2 is at the same temperature as the surrounding air. Air Parcel 1 and Air Parcel 2 started with the same amount of water vapor in them. Which air parcel will have more precipitation and why?

• Both air parcels will have the same amount of rain. They have the same surrounding air temperature, so the same amount of water vapor will fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 will gain energy from the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain.

• Air Parcel 1 will lose energy to the surrounding air, which will cause more water vapor to fall as rain. Air Parcel 2 is colder than Air Parcel 1, so more water vapor will fall as rain.

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets-

• Condensation

• Evaportation

• Transpiration

• Accumulation

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After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to the earth in different forms

• precipitation 
• condensation
• evaporation 
• ground water

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Precipitation 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

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