The Water Cycle: A Journey through Earth's Water

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The water cycle includes evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.

• The sun causes evaporation in the water cycle.

• Clouds are formed during condensation.

• Rain is the only form of precipitation.

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Main idea

Why did the author write this passage?

• To describe how rain is formed.

• To explain the stages of the water cycle and its importance.

• To discuss the effects of the sun on water.

• To show how plants contribute to the water cycle.

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Author's purpose

How do the stages of the water cycle interact with each other?

• Evaporation and precipitation occur independently.

• Each stage leads to and influences the next stage.

• Condensation prevents evaporation.

• Collection has no effect on condensation.

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Interaction of ideas

What does "transpiration" mean in the passage?

• Turning of liquid water into vapor.

• Release of water vapor by plants.

• Formation of clouds in the sky.

• Movement of water within the Earth.

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Vocabulary