Water Cycle

What is the force that causes precipitation to flow down hill?

• Rock saturation

• Tree saturation

• Water saturation

• Gravity

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Choose all the examples of water reservoirs.

• Glaciers

• Ocean

• Lakes

• Ground Water

• Water Table

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The image is an example of surface runoff. Draw arrows for the flow of water that caused the surface runoff.

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Which statement best describes a path of water droplet through the water cycle?

• The water will evaporate into the atmosphere to form a cloud. The cloud will condense to form precipitation.

• The water will evaporate into the atmosphere and condense to form a cloud. The cloud will form precipitation.

• The water will transpire from the ground and evaporate into the atmosphere to form a cloud. The cloud will condense to form precipitation.

• The water will evaporate from the roots of plants to form a cloud. The cloud will condense to form precipitation.

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What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to evaporate

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

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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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