Water Cycle Study Jams

What is precipitation?

• the sweat from our bodies on hot days

• the gas that we use in furnaces and ovens

• any form of water that falls from the sky

• rain, but not snow or sleet

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What is the water cycle?

• the process through which water evaporates

• the path water takes from the Earth to the clouds and back again

• the path water takes from the mountain top to the soil

• the process of water falling from the clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is evaporation?

• water vapor becomes a liquid

• plants lose water through their leaves

• water collecting in lakes and oceans

• water heats up and becomes water vapor

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What is transpiration?

• the process through which plants release water through their leaves back into the air

• the process through which humans release sweat from their bodies back into the air

• water vapor turning into a liquid

• the scientific name for the water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What would most likely happen if it didn't rain in a certain area for a long period of time?

• animals and plants would live the same way they always do

• animals would drink up all the water and leave none for the plants

• plants would die, and animals wouldn't receive nutrients from the plants

• animals and plants would struggle to find water and nutrients, and have to find other ways to survive

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What is the process in which water vapor changes into a liquid?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do water droplets form?

• clouds

• condensation

• nutients

• wind

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What is the driving force of the water cycle?

• the moon

• the Sun

• the rotation of the Earth

• nothing drives the water cycle

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