Water Cycle Review #2

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 is a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• glacier
• well
• aquifer
• natural spring

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How much of our planet is estimated to be covered with water?

• 68%
• 50%
• 97%
• 75%

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Water vapor cools and becomes liquid water.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

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

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

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Most of Earth's fresh water is...

• used daily

• under ground

• in lakes and rivers

• frozen

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Lakes and rivers are fresh water.

• true

• false

Oceans and salt lakes (seas) are fresh water.

• true

• false

More freshwater exists as ___________ than is found in all of Earth's rivers and lakes.

• runoff

• ocean water

• salt water

• groundwater

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