Water Cycle

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Where is most water found on Earth?

• glaciers
• lakes
• rivers
• oceans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What source of energy drives the water cycle?

• volcanoes

• the sun

• lightning

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process of water droplets or ice crystals falling from the sky?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is water that flows from higher elevation to lower elevations?

• evaporating

• condensing

• precipitating

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water

• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth

• when water melts

• when clouds form

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Sublimation is the process in which _____________________.

• rain, sleet, or snow falls from the sky.

• clouds form due to the cooling of water vapor.

• water changed from ice or snow to water vapor without melting.

• water seeps into the soil and through the bedrock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In which state of matter does most of Earth's water exist?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Last night, it rained at Carol's house. When she woke up, there was not much water on the ground. What process did the water most likely go through?

• evaporation

• percolation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4