Water Cycle

What are clouds made of?

• dry air

• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A student draws a model to represent the precesses involved in the water cycle, as shown. To which process is the formation of clouds related?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Freezing

• Melting

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The changes to water when it cycles the earth is called

• the moon cycle
• the sun cycle
• the water cycle
• the wind cycle

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When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff

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After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to the earth in different forms

• precipitation 
• condensation
• evaporation 
• ground water

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Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

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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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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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What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

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On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

• cold, rainy
• cold, sunny
• warm, rainy
• warm, sunny

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