Water Cycle Task Cards

What change occurs during evaporation?

• Water vapor changes to solid water.

• Liquid water changes to water vapor.

• Water vapor becomes liquid water.

• Water vapor is absorbed into the soil on

  Earth’s surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What process in the water cycle is

represented by an arrow in the diagram

below?

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a form which

water can take?

• Frozen water in a glacier

• Water vapor in the atmosphere

• Liquid water beneath Earth’s surface

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A diagram of the processes involved in

the water cycle is shown below. Which

arrow best represents percolation?

• Arrow W

• Arrow X

• Arrow Y

• Arrow Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process in the water cycle is

represented by an arrow in the diagram

below?

• Runoff

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A diagram of stages in the water cycle is

shown below. What process is most likely represented by

Stage Y?

• Percolation

• Precipitation

• Formation of fog

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The pictures show the sidewalk at four different times on the same day. Which process most likely occurred between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of the following is the least likely to

directly follow precipitation?

• The accumulation of water in a pond

• The runoff of water to a nearby stream

• The percolation of water into an aquifer

• The decrease of water in a lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Forms of precipitation include—

• snow, sleet, and hail only.

• rain and snow only.

• sleet, snow, rain, and hail.

• hail and rain only.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A potential sequence of three stages in

the water cycle is shown below. Which process is best represented by Stage Z?

• The formation of a cloud

• The accumulation of water in the ocean

• A decrease of water vapor

• The release of water vapor from a tree

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4