Water Cycle

Which of the following processes within the water cycle is responsible for changing water from a liquid to a a gas?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Condensation

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth

• It increases the chance of flooding

• It makes evaporation occur faster

• It increases condensation

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The water cycle has

• a beginning and an end. 
• no beginning an no end. 
• only a beginning. 
• only an end. 

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What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes
• the sun
• lightning
• wind

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Is precipitation any form of water that falls back to earth?

• Yes

• No

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When water changes from a liquid to a gas in plants it is called...

• condensation.

• evaporation.

• sublimation.

• transpiration.

Another name for the Water Cycle is the

• Moisture Cycle

• H2O Cycle

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Drenched Cycle

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What is shown in this picture (blue)

• Condesation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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After the rain falls down onto Earth's surface and soaks into the soil, what is it called?

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Subterranean Fluid

• Precipitation

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