Water Cycle

What can be added to the empty box in the diagram to describe that part of the water cycle?

• This is evaporation. Water is in a gas form.

• This is runoff. Water is liquid and flowing into a reservoir.

• This is precipitation. Water is in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• This is condensation. Water is joining together to form larger droplets.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The purpose of this lamp is to provide _______.

• moisture

• heat

• vapor

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The lamp models the _________.

• condensation

• sun

• evaporation

• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is evidence that condensation occurs?

• Rain falls from a cloud onto the ground.

• Steam rises from a pot of boiling water.

• Drops form on the outside of a glass of ice water.

• Water runs down a hillside and collects in a stream.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What part of the water cycle is best represented by number 4?

• Condensatioin

• precipitation

• evaporation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look at the positions of number 4 and number 1 on the water cycle diagram and complete the statement.

In order for water to change forms in this part of the water cycle, the _______________ must ________________

• groundwater, decrease

• rainfall, stay the same

• water temperature, increase

• water temperature, decrease

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

On the diagram, the area marked with a 1 represents water in the form of a ______________.

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• steam

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is not a source of freshwater?

• runoff

• river

• aquifer

• island

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Where would you expect to find the least amount of freshwater?

• desert

• grassland

• rainforest

• deciduous forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The picture shows _________________.

• a glacier

• a reservoir

• an ocean

• a glacier