Water Cycle

____ is the major source of energy that powers the movement of water throughout the environment?

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A group of students make a terrarium to study water cycle processes, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. First, they add four liters of potting soil to a container and plant equal numbers of bean, radish, and beet seeds. Next, they add 100 mL of water to the soil, cover the container with plastic wrap, and place it in the window. The next day, the group observes drops of water on the plastic wrap and on the sides of the container. Which water cycle process is represented by the drops of water?  

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Collection

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Which process will be demonstrated during this investigation?

Investigation Question 

What will happen if water is left in an uncovered dish?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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​ ​ (a)   is the stage of the water cycle where water becomes water vapor.

• Evaporation
• Collection
• Run-off

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Draw a picture that represents evaporation.

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WRITE about the ocean and the Sun and their roles in the water cycle. What happens to saltwater during the water cycle? When ocean water evaporates, what happens to the minerals it contains, such as salt? Do you think evaporation takes place mostly at night or during the day? Why?

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WHICH PART OF THE WATER CYCLE IS BEING DESCRIBED?

When water vapor cools & returns to a liquid and is stored in the clouds:  ​ (a)  

Rain, sleet , hail or snow is ​ (b)  

Water from a lake rising as water vapor is ​ (c)  

The accumulation of precipitation in the ocean is ​ (d)  

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• collection

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Leaves releasing water vapor is ​ (a)  

• transpiration
• perspiration
• teleportation

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Match the following

• run-off

• Water to Water Vapor

• Condensation

• Water falling from the sky

• Precipitation

• Water Vapor cools and turns to water droplets

• Evaporation

• Water moving downhill

• collection

• water gathering in places like the oceans and lakes

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