Water Cycle & Clouds Unit Review

What are two ways that water enters the atmosphere to become water vapor?

• precipitation and condensation

• evaporation and transpiration

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During which process of the water cycle does water vapor cool in the air to form clouds?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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When run-off water seeps into the ground through porous soil, it becomes ________.

• surface water run-off

• transpiration

• groundwater run-off

• condensation

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In which part of the water cycle do plants release excess water vapor into the atmosphere?

• photosynthesis

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

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What are the two driving forces behind the water cycle?

• gravity and heat energy from the Sun

• Earth's revolution around the Sun and gravity

• thermal energy and the moon

• gravity and the Earth's rotation

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Which of the following best explains why there are water droplets on the outside of the glass?

• water vapor from the air cooled into water droplets on the outside of the glass

• some water from inside the glass spilled out

• the glass was already wet

• water vapor evaporated from the glass

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Which force pulls precipitation back to Earth's surface and moves water back to sea level?

• thermal energy

• gravity

• magnestism

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What is necessary for water to evaporate into the atmosphere?

• a decrease in temperature

• an increase in temperature

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What is necessary for water to condense in the atmosphere?

• a decrease in temperature

• an increase in temperature

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Different types of precipitation are caused by changes in _______________.

• air pressure

• gravity

• condensation

• temperature

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