The Watery Planet

Changing of a liquid to a gas

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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the process of a gas changing to a liquid

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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an event that happens in nature that can be dangerous to living things

• Natural hazard

• engineer

• constraint

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the movement of water between ocean, air, and land

• hydrosphere

• water cycle

• water vapor

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all the water (solid, liquid, gas) on and around planet Earth

• hydrosphere

• water cycle

• water vapor

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a natural underground source of fresh water

• hydrosphere

• groundwater

• aquifer

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What process is shown by letter B in the diagram?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

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This diagram shows four phases of the water cycle. Which phase of the water cycle is affected most directly by heat from the sun?

• phase L

• phase M

• phase N

• phase O

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What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?

• runoff
• discharge
• recharge
• tributary

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A storm that produces very heavy precipitation passes over Columbia, South Carolina. If the rain falls on a surface that is not porous, what will most likely happen to the rain.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

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