Water Cycle

Forms of precipitation are

• only sleet and snow

• rain, sleet, snow, and hail

• only dew, mists, and rain

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When water flows back into the ocean it is called

• run-off

• transpiration

• precipitation

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After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to Earth in different forms...

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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The sun's energy

• changes daily

• heats the ocean before evaporation

• directly causes evaporation

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The ________________ is the driving force of the Earth's weather

• moon

• stars

• sun

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When drops of water fall down from the sky...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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Precipitation occurs because

• the droplets evaporate in the air

• the droplets are too light for the air to hold

• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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The _______ is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth's surface as precipitation.

• water vapor

• heat

• water cycle

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There are three stages of the water cycle in the picture. What's happening in letter A?

• condensation

• collection

• precipitation

• evaporation

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There are three stages of the water cycle in the picture. What's happening in letter B?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• collection

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