Water Cycle

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

Which of the following is an example of precipitation?

• sleet

• hail

• snow

• all of the above

Which of the following is NOT a way water moves from the land to the air?

• transpiration

• respiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

What is the process called when water vapor turns to liquid water?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

What do we call water in its gas state?

• rain

• snow

• ice

• water vapor

If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle?

• by transpiration

• by evaporation

• by accumulation

• it can't

Water falls to Earth as rain after water vapor ________ into clouds.

• evaporates

• accumulates

• condenses

• freezes

During evaporation, water changes from a _________ to a __________.

• solid, liquid

• gas, liquid

• liquid, gas

• liquid, solid

What process is show by letter A in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• accumulation

• precipitation

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration