Fourth Grade Science Unit 3 Earth's Surface

Water moves between Earth's surface and the atmosphere. This process is called the ______________________.

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• water cycle

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The change from a liquid to a gas is called ___________________.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth is the Earth's

• corona.

• atmosphere.

• core.

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Water vapor refers to

• water in its solid form.

• water in its liquid form.

• water in its gaseous form.

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The change of a gas into a liquid is called ___________________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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Water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface as rain, snow, and hail is

• evaporation.

• condensation.

• precipitation.

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Water stored underground is called ___________________________.

• runoff.

• groundwater.

• rainfall.

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Water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows across Earth's surface is called ____________________________.

• runoff

• grounwater

• rainfall

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A large, slow moving mass of ice that forms lakes, flows into oceans, or becomes groundwater when melted is a(n)

• geyser

• glacier

• hailstorm

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Weathering is the process of

• ice melting.

• rock breaking apart.

• water changing to another state of matter.

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