The Water Cycle Stemscopes

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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What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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The act of turning from a gas into a liquid. ________________________

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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The mixture of gases that surround the earth. ____________________

• Landforms

• Sun

• Atmosphere

• Weathering

The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. _______________________

• Runoff

• Sun

• Landforms

• weathering

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Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

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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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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes the water undergoes in this example?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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