Water Cycle

The water cycle is also called the _____ cycle.

• aquifer

• hydrologic

• river

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What holds 96.5% of Earth's water?

• oceans

• rivers

• ground water

• lakes

Which process is when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• transpiration

• evapotranspiration

• evaporation

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An ________ from the sun is necessary for evaporation to occur.

• aquifer

• hydrologic cycle

• infiltration

• energy source

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The _____ it is, the faster water changes into water vapor.

• gravity

• evaporation

• hotter

• colder

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the process of a solid changing into water vapor without melting called?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• sublimation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through the process of _____.

• runoff

• infiltration

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Select all that apply: Water released from clouds falls to the earth in these forms:

• rain

• freezing rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes _____.

• ground water

• runoff

• infiltration

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4