Y4 States Of Matter And The Water Cycle

What happens to some of the water when the sun shines on lakes, rivers and oceans?

• It evaporates

• It disappears

• It sinks into the ground

• It freezes and becomes ice

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What does water become when it evaporates?

• water vapour

• snow

• sleet

• rain

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Aside from evaporation, how else can puddles disappear?

• Soak down into the ground and become ground water

• Turns into rain that falls onto plants nearby

• Runs into rivers and lakes nearby

• Through condensation that falls onto windows

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When water vapour condenses in the sky, what can it form?

• clouds

• puddles

• rivers

• lakes

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Once the water droplets in the clouds become too big and heavy, what do they return to Earth as?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Vapour

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What are the three states of matter?

• Solid, liquid and gas

• Condensation, evaporation and precipitation

• Water vapour, water cycle and rain

• Steam, water and ice

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What is humidity?

• The amount of water in the air

• The amount of water that condenses

• The amount of water in a lake

• The amount of water that soaks into the ground

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In the water cycle, what is condensation?

• When water vapour turns back into liquid

• When water vapour forms clouds

• When water soaks into the ground

• When water disappears because of the sun's light

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What is precipitation?

• When water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere

• When water vapour turns back into liquid

• When water vapour forms clouds

• When water disappears because of the sun's light

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In the water cycle, what is evaporation?

• The process of turning water into water vapour

• When water vapour turns back into liquid

• When water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere

• When water vapour forms clouds

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