Water Cycle Review

How much salt water covers the Earth?

• Less than 10%
• About 97%
• Around 50%
• Approximately 80%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When ocean water is heated by the sun and turns into water vapor is called?

• Precipitation
• Evaporation
• Sublimation
• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water that does not contain salt, such as rivers and lakes, is called what?

• brackish water
• freshwater
• saltwater
• ocean water

What is it called when water vapor is cooled and forms droplets?

• Evaporation
• Sublimation
• Condensation
• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to earth in different forms is called?

• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Forms of precipitation are:

• wind
• fog
• dew
• rain, snow, sleet, hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Precipitation happens because

• Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses into liquid or solid form
• Precipitation is caused by the migration of birds
• Precipitation occurs when the moon is full
• Precipitation happens due to the rotation of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When does more evaporation occur?

• At night time

• During the day time

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If water is heated in an experiment by a hot plate to model the water cycle, what does the hot plate represent?

• The wind

• The moon

• The Sun

• Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The land on the Earth covers approximately how much of the surface?

• 50%
• 15%

• 40%

• 25%