Sun and Water Cycle

How much of Earth’s surface is water?

• 55%

• 65%

• 75%

• 85%

Water in lakes and rivers that does not contain salt-

• recycled water
• new water
• salt water
• fresh water

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

What provides energy in the water cycle?

• Moon tides

• The sun

• The gravitational pull from the North Pole

• The Asteroid Belt

Large bodies of salt water covering nearly 3/4 (75%) of the Earth -

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Seas

• Oceans

The movement of water through Earth and it’s atmosphere is known as -

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• The Water Cycle

• Condensation

The star in our solar system that provides light and heat energy -

• Sun

• Orion’s Belt

• Yellow Dwarf

• A Star

Water that falls to Earth in the form of rain, hail, snow, or sleet -

• Evaporation

• Ice

• Condensation

• Precipitation

The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing from gas to liquid -

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

The movement of water vapor from a plant to the Earth’s atmosphere -

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

Rain fall that isn’t absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean -

• Water Cycle

• Ocean

• Run-Off

• Transpiration