Water Cycle

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The light from the moon

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The heat from the sun

• the heat generated solely from the core of the earth

What is formed when water vapor collects in the sky?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. Choose the answer below that has the water cycle in the correct order.

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

Water forms on the outside of a glass of iced tea on a hot day. What process in the water cycle causes the water to form?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

This diagram shows four phases of the water cycle. Which phase of the water cycle is affected most directly by heat from the sun?

• phase L

• phase M

• phase N

• phase O

What is water doing when it changes to water vapor?

• Evaporating

• Condensing

• Precipitation

• Freezing

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What changes water from one state of matter to another?

• An airplane.

• Gravity

• A change in temperature.

• None of the answers.

What do we call it when water evaporates, condenses, then precipitates to the earth and then repeats?

• A Bicycle.
• The Life Cycle of a butterfly.
• The Water Cycle.
• All of the answers.

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