Beginning of the Year Science

What is the first step of the water cycle?

• annihilation

• precipitation

• The water cycle has no beginning and no end

• anticipation

What are the three forms of water?

• Coke, Pepsi, 7-Up

• liquid, solid, gas

• sweet, semi-sweet, bitter

• slush, snow, hail

Which of the following is not a form of water?

• rain

• ice

• hail

• sand

Which of the following is not a body of water?

• a desert

• a lake

• a pond

• an ocean

The water cycle is also known as....

• The biogeochemical cycle

• The hydrologic cycle

• The phosphorous cycle

• The nutrient cycle

What is the definition of condensation?

• The process of breaking down food by mechanical and enzymatic action in the alimentary canal into substances that can be used by the body.

• Water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it

• The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

• The process of turning from liquid into vapor.

What is a cloud?

• the star around which the earth orbits.

• a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

• the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth.

• servers that are accessed over the Internet, and the software and databases that run on those servers

What was the coldest recorded temperature on Earth.

• −81 °F in Snag, Yukon.

• -93.3°F in Nuuk, Greenland

• minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit in Nome, Alaska

• -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit in Vostok, Antarctica

What was the hottest recorded temperature on Earth?

• 134.1 °F in Death Valley, California

• 121.5 °F in Sudan

• 131 °F in Tunisia

• 121.8 °F in Afghanistan

Meteorologists are ______________scientists.

• animal

• weather

• plant

• water