GTMS Water Cycle

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• sun

• wind

• rain

• oceans

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On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

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Which of the following is an example of precipitation?

• sleet

• hail

• snow

• all of the above

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

• by transpiration

• by evaporation

• by accumulation

• it can't

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Warm, less dense air (including vapor) rises in the atmosphere. Cool, more dense air (including vapor) sinks. This transfer is . . . .

• convection
• conduction
• radiation
• gravity

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Which of the following are types of freshwater that can be used by people?

Select all that are true.

• groundwater

• ice caps and glaciers

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

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Why does groundwater usually require less treatment than surface water?

• The layers of Earth protect groundwater from pollutants.

• As groundwater sinks into the ground, the layers of rock act like a natural filter and remove pollutants from the water.

• Surface water has more exposure to pollutants in runoff and the atmosphere.

• all of the above