The Water Cycle

________ is the process where liquid water turns into water vapor due to heat from the sun.

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

_________ is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

Most precipitation falls as _________.

• Snow

• Freezing Rain

• Rain

• Hail

T/F:The water cycle has no start or an end.

• True

• False

The water on our planet is the same water that was here millions of years ago. However, it is continuously moving and being recycled through the water cycle.

• True

• False

___________% of Earth’s water can be found in the oceans.

• 50%

• 30%

• 10%

• 70%

Water is stored in:

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Clouds

• All the above

Water vapor is which state of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

_________ is the process of water vapor turning back into a liquid upon cooling.

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

________________is the process where water is directly evaporating into water vapor (gas) from the leaves of trees and plants.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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