Water Cycle

Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?

• plants

• clouds

• sun

• atmosphere

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True or False: condensation is part of the water cycle.

• True

• False

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What are the drops of water that form on cool surfaces during the night called?

• dew

• sleet

• snow

• rain

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What is evaporation?

• Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into a liquid

• Plants take in water from soil

• Water freezes

• Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor

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True or False: Moisture that falls from the sky is called fog.

• True

• False

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Which is an example of condensation?

• 12 inches of snow fall on December 12th

• On a hot day, water on the sidewalk quickly disappears

• A layer of water appears on the outside of a cup of ice water soon after it was poured

• During a hurricane, 3 inches of rain fall in an hour

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As time goes by,and water goes through the water cycle again and again,the amount of water on Earth__________.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Goes up and down depending on the radiation from the Sun

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Once water makes it all the way through the water cycle,the water___________.

• Starts to cycle over again

• Disappears

• Has finished that cycle and moves onto a different cycle

• Stays in the stage at which it finished

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When water evaporates, it changes into a ___________.

• liquid

• gas

• solid

• mixture of gas and solid

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On which type of day will the most pond water evaporate?

• Hot and cloudy

• Cool and rainy

• Hot and sunny

• Cool and cloudy

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