Cycles of Matter

Which part of the Water Cycle is this?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Precipitation is water that falls to earth. It can be rain, snow, hail, or sleet.

Which part of the Water Cycle is this?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Transpiration is water that plants: 1) take up in their roots and 2) give off as gas from their leaves.

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water cycle

Which part of the Water Cycle is this?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Evaporation is when liquid water turns to gas and lifts off surfaces. The surfaces can be water bodies, like lakes or oceans. The surfaces can also be objects, like wet roads or rocks.

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water cycle

Which part of the Water Cycle is this?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

• transpiration

Answer explanation

Runoff is water that doesn't soak into the soil. Instead it follows the low spots on land until it reaches a stream.

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water cycle

Match the following

• activities performed by living organisms

• chemical processes

• activities that affect the cycles of matter on a global scale

• human activity

• formation and breakdown of rock

• biological processes

• water cycles and weather patterns

• geological processes

• cycling of nutrients through an ecosystem

• physical processes

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cycles of matter

ecology

Why does rock need to be recycled?

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cycles of matter