Water cycle

How much salt water covers the earth?

• 55%
• 65%
• 75%
• 85%

What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere?

• clouds

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

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What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?

• provide heat energy for evaporation

• provide heat energy for condensation

• dry out the soil for runoff to occur

• provide thermal energy for accumulation

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

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

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

• 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.

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Which of the following is an example of precipitation?

• sleet

• hail

• snow

• all of the above

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What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves?

• sublimation

• respiration

• transpiration

• precipitation

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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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______________ is the process when precipitation or water soaks into soils/dirt and moves into rocks through cracks and pore spaces.

• precipitation

• runoff

• infiltration

• condensation

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

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