Water Cycle and Matter Review

What is the process by which a liquid becomes a gas?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which effect do rapidly cooling temperatures have on the water cycle?

• Water droplets evaporate into vapor.

• Water vapor condenses into droplets.

• Condensation evaporates into precipitation.

• Precipitation condenses into water droplets.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process allows green plants to control the amount of water stored in their leaves?

• photosynthesis

• condensation

• respiration

• transpiration

Which example best describes a chemical change?

• wax melting

• an apple turning brown

• a piece of paper being cut into small pieces

• water freezing into ice

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which is an example of a physical change?

• baking a cake

• digesting food

• melting a stick of butter

• burning a piece of wood

Which is an example of a different substance being formed?

• glass breaking

• metal melting

• water freezing

• paper burning

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Jacobi made a table and recorded the events that happen on a rainy day. Which event best shows how the Sun powers the water cycle?

• Clouds form in the sky.

• A puddle forms in the street.

• Rain stops falling.

• The puddle dries up.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these could cause water vapor to condense into rain droplets?

• sunlight warming the surface of oceans

• air rising into colder regions of the atmosphere

• lightning heating the air in the atmosphere

• winds blowing along the surface of the ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which process in the water cycle returns water to the atmosphere?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In the morning, students observed puddles of water all over the playground. What would BEST explain why the playground was dry in the afternoon?

• Animals drank the water.

• The wind stopped blowing.

• The water condensed during the day.

• The water evaporated during the day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4