Water Cycle 2

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun

• water

• the Earth

• the moon

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

When water condenses, water vapor in the air gets ______ and changes back into a liquid.

• warm

• cold

• hot

• solid

What is the OPPOSITE of condensation?

• transpiration

• runoff

• precipitation

• evaporation

How much of our planet is estimated to be covered with water?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

What is it called when water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

What do you call the changes of water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth?

• run-off

• the water cycle

• evaporation

• precipitation

What is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean?

• run-off

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

Condensation is when __________.

• water changes from a gas to a liquid

• water changes from a liquid to a gas

• water turns to ice

• all of the above