Water Cycle and Weather

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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When plants give off drops of water it is called

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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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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Most evaporation in the water cycle happens in oceans because

• they are the largest bodies of water

• they contain salt

• they have ice in them

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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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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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What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

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