03.3 AB

What are the three main components of the water cycle?

• Hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere

• Biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere

• Hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere

• Biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere

How does water enter the atmosphere from the biosphere?

• Through evaporation from the ocean

• Through transpiration from plant leaves

• Through condensation in clouds

• Through absorption into the soil

What happens to water vapor when the air carrying it cools?

• It evaporates into the atmosphere

• It condenses into tiny droplets that form clouds

• It flows along the surface as runoff

• It enters underground reservoirs

What is the term for precipitation that flows along the surface until it enters a river or stream?

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Condensation

Where does groundwater primarily come from?

• Evaporation from the ocean

• Absorption into the soil

• Transpiration from plant leaves

• Condensation in clouds

What is the term for the process of water reentering the atmosphere through transpiration or evaporation?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Precipitation

How can cutting large tracts of rainforests affect the water cycle?

• It increases local rainfall patterns

• It has no effect on the water cycle

• It decreases local rainfall patterns

• It causes long-lasting local climate change

What are the elements needed by organisms to sustain life called?

• Nutrients

• Reservoirs

• Hydrospheres

• Atmospheres

Which cycles are particularly important for the function of all ecosystems?

• Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles

• Hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere cycles

• Biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere cycles

• Transpiration, evaporation, and condensation cycles

What is the role of oxygen in the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles?

• It combines with these elements and cycles with them

• It is released into the atmosphere by photosynthesis

• It is stored in the geosphere as fossil fuels

• It is absorbed into the soil as groundwater