What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

What is precipitation?

Any form of water that falls from the sky

Sweat from our bodies on hot days

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

Which best explains why runoff is important?

It returns water to other locations on Earth

It increases the chance of flooding

It makes evaporation occur faster

Many North Carolina towns use water from wells for drinking. How does water get into wells?

rain sinks down through the soil into them

it has to be poured into them from water tanks

it is pumped by large engines into the well

it evaporates from inside the Earth

Water Cycle

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Occurs when water absorbs enough energy to turn into a gas

Condensation

Transpiration

Sublimation

Evaporation

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Occurs when water vapor cools and turns to a liquid

Precipitation

Condensation

Sublimation

Evaporation

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Evaporation of water out of the leaves of plants

Evaporation

Condensation

Transpiration

Sublimation

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Occurs when ice turns directly into a gas

Evaporation

Condensation

Transpiration

Sublimation

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Water that falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail

Precipitation

Aquifers

Condensation

Run Off

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Large porous layers of underground of underground rock that contains water

Run off

Aquifers

Evaporation

Climate

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Precipitation that is not absorbed into the ground; drains into bodies of water

Aquifers

Run off

Transpiration

Barometer

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Water Cycle

Occurs when water absorbs enough energy to turn into a gas

Occurs when water vapor cools and turns to a liquid

Evaporation of water out of the leaves of plants

Occurs when ice turns directly into a gas

Water that falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail

Large porous layers of underground of underground rock that contains water

Precipitation that is not absorbed into the ground; drains into bodies of water

State of atmosphere at a certain place at a specific time

The average temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressure and wind in a specific place over time

The study of the atmosphere and all that takes place within the atmosphere

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