U1 Global Citizens Learning Check

The movement of water on Earth is...

• the water cycle.

• precipitation.

• condensation.

• infiltration.

The falling of water to the ground as rain, snow, fail or sleet is...

• water cycle

• precipitation

• condensation

• infiltration

What is condensation?

• When water passes into the ground.

• When water changes from liquid to vapor.

• How clouds are made; water changes from vapor to liquid.

Evaporation is...

• How clouds are made; water changes from vapor to liquid.

• When water changes from liquid to vapor.

• When water on trees and plants change from liquid to vapor.

Evaporation can happen on land and at sea.

• True (Right!)

• False (Wrong!)

Infiltration is liquid water flowing over the ground from streams and river.

• True

• False

_________ is when water on trees and plants change from liquid to vapor.

Why is the water cycle so important?

If there were no trees, what could happen to the water cycle?

Doldrums are...

• a circular motion of water in each of the major ocean basins

• a frequently windless area near the Equator

• a powerful circular current of water (usually because of tides flowing toward one another)