Water Cycle Quiz

The water cycle starts with the energy from the______

• oceans

• plants

• sun

• wind

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Evaporation is when _________________________________________________________

• water freezes

• water changes 

  from a gas to a 

  liquid   

• water changes 

  from liquid to a 

  gas

•  plants use the 

  water from the rain

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The water that falls from the clouds is_____

• evaporation

•   condensation 

• transpiration

• precipitation 

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What happens when the sun heats the earth's water?

• it turns to a solid

• it turns to a gas

• it turns into a liquid

• nothing

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Puddles that disappear on a hot day is an example of......

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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These are examples of what?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

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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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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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What step of the water cycle occurs when clouds become too heavy? 

• Condensation
• Runoff
• Precipitation
• Evaporation

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What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

• Condensation
• Runoff
• Precipitation
• Evaporation

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