Cycles on Earth and in Space

The air that surrounds the Earth, is called its ____

• temperature

• air pressure

• layers

• atmosphere

The layer of air that is closet to Earth is called the ___

• troposhere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

What the air is like at a given time and place is called ____

• wind

• air pressure

• weather

• temperature

Large bodies of air are called ____

• wind

• air masses

• weather changes

• storms

The changing of a liquid into a gas is called ___

• groundwater

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

A form of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space is a ___

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• none of the above

The water cycle ____ ends.

• always

• almost

• never

• none of the above

Water ___ as the sun heats the water.

• concentrates

• venerates

• evaporates

• none of the above

Water condenses as the water _____ rises.

• vapor

• condensation

• evaporation

• none of the above

Rainwater that soaks into the earth is called _____ water

• round

• mound

• ground

• sound