The Water Cycle

Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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More evaporation occurs 

• at night 
• during the day 

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The water cycle has no start or end

• true
• false

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Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

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In which area would the rate of evaporation be the lowest?

• Over the ocean

• Over the mountains

• Over the rainforest

• Over the desert

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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

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What happens once groundwater reaches a layer of rock in the ground that it cannot pass through?

• it is soaked up by that layer of rock and dirt

• it creates an aquifer

• it creates a reservoir

• it evaporates

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