Water Movement

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun
• the earth
• water
• the moon

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What comes after evaporation during the water cycle?

How does this occur?

• Water evaporates into water vapor

• Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud

• Water precipitates to the ground

• Water runs down into the hydrosphere

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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
• It increases condensation

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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 a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• glacier

• topsoil

• aquifer

• natural spring

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What is water vapor?

• Water on the land (geosphere)

• Water in the water (hydrosphere)

• Water in plants

• Water in the air (atmosphere)

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How much of the Earth is covered by water? What percentage of that water is freshwater?

• 71%, 1%

• 97%, 3%

• 71%, 3%

• 97%, 1%

What is condensation?

• The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

• The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

• The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth.

• The part of the water cycle when water flows along the surface of the earth into a water source, such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.

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Condensation falling onto land in the form of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and mist

• condensation

• desublimation

• evaporation

• precipitation