Science: Ch.2 Water Cycle Review

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

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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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When water changes from a liquid to a solid it is known as...

• melting.

• condensation.

• freezing.

• evaporation.

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In which area would the rate of evaporation be the lowest?

• Over the ocean

• Over the mountains

• Over the rainforest

• Over the desert

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An underground layer of sand, gravel or rock that stores and carries water

• water table

• water cycle

• aquifer

• Infiltration

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Turns frozen water into water vapors - skipping the melting stage

• Sublimation

• Percolation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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Water running off the land surface

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

• Run-off

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