Water Cycle

What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice?

• how long it has been in a place

• if it is being used for anything

• what temperature it is

• what cup it is in

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In the water cycle, rain, snow, or sleet falling to the ground is a form of ____?

• collection

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

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Water is found in three forms, or states. What are the 3 states of water?

• solid, liquid, and gas

• rain, snow, and sleet

• lakes, oceans, and streams

• collection, evaporation, and condensation

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In the condensation stage of the water cycle, tiny drops of water combine together to form ______.

• clouds

• precipitation

• evaporation

• rain

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

• collection

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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What do we call the gas form of water as it changes from liquid to gas during evaporation?

• water cycle

• ice

• water vapor

• infilitration

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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