Water. What, Where, and How did it get there?

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

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

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

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The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid when heat is taken away.

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• freezing point

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The process by which a liquid changes to a gas when heat is added.

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• melting point

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What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension

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

• sublimation

• respiration

• transpiration

• precipitation

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The fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ___________ than it's liquid form

• less polar
• more polar
• less dense
• more dense

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When water molecules stick easily to other water molecules, this is called what?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• solution
• polar molecule

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What is one effect of water's "stickiness," or cohesion?

• The salt formed in the ocean.

• Surface tension on a lake and pond

• waves in the ocean

Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

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