Water Cycle

What do scientists call all the waters on the surface of the Earth including, oceans, lakes, seas, etc?

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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True or False: Groundwater and water in aquifers is part of the hydrosphere.

• True

• Fasle

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The continuous flow of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans and other bodies of water, and living things is called ___________________.

• Carbon Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Energy Cycle

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What is NOT a stage in the water cycle?

• Resignation

• Percolation/infiltration

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

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True or False: Water returns to the atmosphere by transpiration, sublimation, and evaporation.

• True

• False

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By what process does water fall from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation / Infiltration

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If you can see a cloud, fog, steam, or mist what process must have taken place?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation / Infiltration

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How does water seep down into the Earth, absorb into the ground, or end up in an aquifer?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation / Infiltration

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What is the change in state from a liquid to a gas called?

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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What is the change in state from a gas to a liquid called?

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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