Water Cycle Review

Energy power source for starting the continuous process of the water cycle. Without this, there would be NO water cycle.

• the sun

• gravity

• underground hotspots

• electricity

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How does the sun's energy contribute to the water cycle process?

• It heats the water, causing it to evaporate into the atmosphere

• It causes the accumulated rain drops in the clouds to fall to the ground

• It causes rain drops to condensate in the clouds

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When water is heated by the sun, the atmospheric conditions change the state of water from a liquid to a gas. Which step is this in the water cycle?

• precipitation

• runoff

• condensation

• evaporation

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Identify the step in which water returns to Earth's surface from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

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When water cools and condenses, clouds form as water droplets clump around tiny dust particles. What step is this in the water cycle?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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The precipitation that runs off the land and eventually flows into oceans, rivers, or lakes is called ______.

• runoff

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

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When it rains, some water runs across Earth's surface, flows down rivers, and empties into oceans. The Atlantic Ocean is an example of an area of __________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

• groundwater

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This is a type of evaporation where plants release water vapor into the air, almost like they are "sweating". This is called __________.

• transportation

• transpiration

• translation

• precipitation

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When precipitation falls to the ground and soaks into the soil through spaces and cracks in the rocks, this process is called ___________.

• condensation

• runoff

• groundwater

• infiltration

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Plants use water to undergo photosynthesis. They also release water into the atmosphere. Plants contribute to which PART of the cycle with this release of water?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• accumulation

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