Water & Weather Review

Evaporation, Condensation, and precipitation are part of

• transpiration

• water cycle

• atmosphere

• geosphere

The amount of water vapor in the air is called

• sleet

• rain

• humidity

• precipitation

When water vapor in the air condenses, what is formed?

• Clouds

• A tornado

• Hail

• Wind

What provides the energy that causes the water cycle to happen?

• Tectonic plate movement

• Earth's core

• Gravity

• The sun

What process involves water vapor becoming a liquid?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Water entering the soil/ground is called

• infiltration

• surface run-off

• percolation

• saturation

When rain hits buildings, trees, etc. on its way to the ground, this is called

• infiltration

• precipitation

• interception

• percolation

What part of the water cycle has to occur before condensation can happen

• Percolation

• Interception

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

What causes precipitation to fall to Earth?

• Gravity

• Wind Currents

• Sun's Energy

• Clouds

Energy for convection on the Earth comes from

• solar winds

• moon

• sun

• heat from Earth's core