Hydrologic Cycle Exit Quiz

Which of the following is NOT involved in the water cycle?

• condensation

• deposition

• precipitation

• transpiration

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What drives the hydrologic cycle to happen?

• Earth's tilt on its axis

• Sun's radiant energy

• Earth's revolution around around the sun

• The amount of ocean that covers the Earth

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What happens to water when the sun heats up the surface of the ocean?

• Water turns to gas

• Water turns to solid

• Water turns to clouds

• Water falls back as rain

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Which process is responsible for the formation of clouds in the atmosphere?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• infiltration

• condensation

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Which process enables plants to release water vapor into the air?

• condensation

• percolation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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What do you call the process wherein the water from the atmosphere falls back to earth?

• evaporation

• condensation

• Precipitation

• deposition

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It describes how water is exchanged through Earth's land, ocean and atmosphere.

• Hydrologic cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

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It is the process of collecting in rivers, lakes, streams and other bodies of water.

• transition

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

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The movement of water through the soil.

• Percolation

• transpiration

• collection

• evaporation

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The change of liquid to gas.

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4