Unit 2 Weather, Climate and Water Cycling

Where does most of the Earth's water evaporate from to enter the atmosphere?

• Respiration from animals

• Ground water

• Runoff

• Transpiration from plants

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Precipitation can ONLY OCCUR if what process happens first?

• Animal respiration

• Runoff from lakes

• Condensation

• Plant transpiration

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Hailstorms are MOST LIKELY to occur...

• at 8 am

• at 12 am

• at 12 pm

• at 5 pm

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What major change did we see when investigating hailstorms?

• the temperature always dropped before a hailstorm

• the wind always changed before a hailstorm

• the humidity always dropped before a hailstorm

• there were frequent strikes of lightning

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We are learning about hailstorms. In what part of this cycle do you believe hail would fall to Earth?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

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What type of cycle is the above image representing?

• The rock cycle

• The water cycle

• The evaporation cycle

• The precipitation cycle

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Precipitation and runoff of water cannot occur unless which two of the following happen?

• chemical changes

• evaporation

• transpiration

• fossil fuel creation

• physical changes

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Based on the picture, at what stage does water vapor FIRST rise up to begin transforming into hail?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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In what season would you be least likely to experience a hailstorm?

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Where would you likely find the most occurrences of hailstorms?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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