Water Cycle

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

What is it called when WATER is FORMED from an LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR Oor an [GAS]?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

When water _________, dew forms.

• Melts
• Evaporates
• Condenses
• Precipitates

What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

What is B?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

Which of the following causes all of the water on the planet to change its state (solid, liquid, gas) and move through the water cycle?

• amount of plant matter
• location of ice caps
• size of ocean
• temperature

What is water vapor?

• Water on the land (geosphere)
• Water in the air (atmosphere)
• Water in plants
• Water in the water (hydrosphere)