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Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• runoff 

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The _____ powers, or drives, the water cycle

• Moon

• Gravity

• Sun

• Earth

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rain, snow, sleet, hail

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• dew drops

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an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries much like a bathtub catches all of the water that falls within its sides

• river net

• water drops

• river basin

• watershed

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Water on Earth is found naturally as a solid, a liquid, and a gas. Where is MOST of the solid water of Earth?

• deep in Earth’s mantle

• in Earth’s polar regions

• in the outer atmosphere

• at the bottom of the ocean

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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What percentage of Earth's surface is covered with water?

• 50%

• 62%

• 71%

• 75%

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When living organisms give off moisture through respiration (breathing) the interaction is between the ______________ and ___________

• biosphere and geosphere

• biosphere and hydrosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• atmosphere and hydrosphere

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Which diagram shows the correct water flow patterns of watersheds?

• ponds, lakes or oceans -> rivers -> creeks -> mountains and hills

• mountains and hills -> creeks ->rivers -> ponds, lakes or oceans

• rivers -> ponds, lakes or oceans -> creeks -> mountains and hills

• mountains and hills -> ponds, lakes or oceans -> creeks -> rivers

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The prefix hydro- means

• earth

• water

• sun

• cells

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