5.8B Warm Up Jan 10

What role does the Sun play in the water cycle?

• The Sun splits the water molecules and they disappear

• The Sun causes clouds to form and they precipitate

• The Sun is not part of the water cycle

• The Sun causes water to change form and move

What is evaporation?

• The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
• The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
• The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

what does the #4 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

Which of the following events in the water cycle is an example of solar energy being absorbed?

• Snow falling to the ground

• Clouds releasing rain in the desert

• Water evaporating from the surface of an ocean

• Water vapor condensing and forming giant clouds

The Sun directly affects which of the following…

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Accumulation

The model below shows where water can be found during different stages of the water cycle. What should be added to the diagram to better explain the water cycle?

• Soil to trap water from runoff

• The sun to provide energy for evaporation

• Rocks to release thermal energy

• Plants to provide oxygen in the atmosphere

• Evaporation-physical change in matter from a liquid to a gas

• Condensation-physical change in matter from a gas to a liquid

• Precipitation- rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls from clouds in the sky

• Runoff - the movement of water on a surface to areas of lower elevation

The movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to the Earth's surface as liquid or solid

• sun

• transpiration

• water cycle

• evaporation