Water Cycle Test Practice

The process by which water moves through the atmosphere and back to Earth’s surface is called?

• Erosion

• The water cycle

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When plants lose water into the atmosphere as a gas, this is called. . .

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_______describes the process of water turning into water vapor.

• Deposition

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What powers the water cycle?

• Sun

• Moon

• Water

• Oceans

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What are the processes of the water cycle?

• Condensation, Evaporation, Transpiration, Run-off, Precipitation, and Collection

• Accumulation, Run-off, and Ground water

• Precipitation and Condensation

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the chemical formula to represent water's unique structure?

• 1 Hydrogen + 2 Oxygen

• HO

• 2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen

• OH

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What are the 3 states of matter?

• Solid, freezing, thawing

• Solid, liquid, and gas

• Georgia, Florida, South Carolina

• Ice, water, rain

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is it called when rainwater contributes to the flow of rivers and streams?

• Transformation

• Irrigation

• Desertification

• Run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when water droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4