Water Cycle

What happens when water evaporates?

• It changes from a liquid to a gas.

• It changes from a solid to a liquid.

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What might happen if it rains in a polluted area?

• Animals will come to the area and clean it.

• Rain might carry pollution into rivers.

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What powers the water cycle?

• plants

• the Sun

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What happens when there is more water than the air can hold?

• The water falls to the ground as precipitation.

• The water condenses and turns into a gas.

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Where can you find most of the Earth's water?

• in the oceans

• in the clouds

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Which is a form of precipitation?

• sleet

• wind

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Where does most of the evaporated water on Earth come from?

• from the oceans

• from the ponds

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What happens when water vapor condenses and collects in the atmosphere?

• The Sun shines brighter.

• Clouds can form in the sky.

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Which sentence is TRUE?

• Very little of Earth's water is freshwater that we can drink.

• Most of the Earth's surface is covered by large bodies of land

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Sometimes water runoff flows into streams or rivers. Why might this happen?

• The ground is absorbing water.

• The ground is saturated with water.

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