Water Cycle

The water cycle is powered by the ______________.

• wind

• water

• sun

• clouds

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When the sun heats up water and changes it from a liquid to a gas called water vapor that is what step of the water cycle?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

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Warm water vapor goes what direction?

• down to the ground

• up in the sky

• to the left

• it stays right there

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When the warm water vapor touches the cold air high up in our atmosphere and turns back into drops of water that is called?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

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When water vapor condenses and millions of little drops of water gather and float together high up in the sky we call that?

• rain

• snow

• clouds

• fog

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As the water drops in clouds get bigger they become to heavy for the air to hold up and they fall back down to earth as?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

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Which is a type of precipitation? Choose more than one answer.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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All forms of precipitation actually start out as?

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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When the water that has fallen down to earth gathers in lakes, rivers, oceans, and underground that is called?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

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When clouds first form they start off as this type of cloud that is the highest in the sky and is thin and wispy.

• cirrus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• stratus clouds