Evaporation, Transpiration&Cellular Respiration-Water Cycle

What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?

• provide heat energy for evaporation

• provide heat energy for condensation

• dry out the soil for runoff to occur

• provide thermal energy for accumulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves?

• sublimation

• respiration

• transpiration

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do we call water in its gas state?

• rain

• snow

• ice

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle?

• by transpiration

• by evaporation

• by accumulation

• it can't

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The water cycle starts at....

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• it has not beginning or ending

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process is shown by letter B in the diagram?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What would most likely happen if letter B stopped.

• the water cycle would end

• there would be more clouds

• water would freeze

• animals in the ocean would die

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Transpiration occurs in

• plants

• animals

• rocks

Water is also stored in the tissues of animals and plants and is released back to the environment when organisms die and decompose.

• True

• False

Evaporation is the only way by which water can enter the atmosphere.

• True

• False