Water Cycle

What step of the water cycle occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor?

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• evaporation

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The sun is the source of energy for the water cycle.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an example of condensation?

• Water boiling on a stove

• Puddles on the sidewalk after a hard rain

• water droplets on the outside of a cold drink

• Snow falling in Colorado

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Which of the following are forms of precipitation? Click ALL that apply.

• Rain

• Snow

• Dew

• Hail

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Which of the following weather tools measures rainfall?

• barometer

• wind vane

• anemometer

• rain gauge

The Earth can make new water, we just have to wait long enough for the cycle to be over.

• True

• False

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Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

• heats up and becomes liquid water

• cools off and becomes liquid water

• freezes and becomes ice

• rains on the land

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C

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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A

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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E

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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