During the water cycle, the sun's energy evaporates water from the surface of Earth. This water is the source of

• respiration

• transpiration

• precipitation

• ozone depletion

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Groundwater is an important source of drinking water especially in Florida. The water is found in an underground reservoir called a /an

• aquifer

• hydrofer

• tide pool

• riparian zone

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The two most abundant elements in ocean water, besides hydrogen and oxygen, are

• salt and sodium

• salt and chlorine

• sodium and calcium

• sodium and chlorine

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The ocean labeled 1 in the map that is located between California and Japan is called the

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Precipitation moves down into the soil and becomes groundwater. Groundwater that travels into the saturated soil zone becomes part of

• an aquifer

• the oceans

• precipitation

• surface run-off

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Precipitation will increase in areas where there is

• less transpiration and less run-off.

• lower temperatures and more evaporation.

• lower temperatures and less evaporation.

• higher temperatures and more evaporation.

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Once the sun's energy reaches the earth's atmosphere through radiation, it is circulated within the atmosphere and oceans through _____________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• translocation

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In the oceans the colder water sinks into deep basins, while warmer water stays closer to the surface. The water then moves around the ocean basin. This causes

• tidal waves

• wind drifts

• ocean currents

• plate tectonics

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This is a picture of a large sheet of ice that moves very slowly across the land. This sheet of ice covers the land and is only found where temperatures are extremely cold. What is this large sheet of ice called?

• glacier

• lake

• pond

• sea

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10) Louisa put a bowl of water and a bowl of sand in the sun. She put a thermometer in each bowl. Then she recorded the temperature at the start and after 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the sand had heated more than the water. Louisa’s experiment proved that

• sunlight does pass through water.

• sunlight heats liquids more than solids.

• different materials heat up at different rates.

• different materials absorb the same amount of heat.

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