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Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

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What do we call it when water evaporates, condenses, then precipitates to the earth and then repeats?

• A Bicycle.
• The Life Cycle of a butterfly.
• The Water Cycle.
• All of the answers.

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What causes mass movement?

• water
• wind
• gravity
• weather

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What is a watershed?

• Water in an area
• Water that flows into a river or stream
• Land that water flows over and through
• Water that is salty

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Rain soaks into the ground

• Infiltration
• Condensation
• Throughflow
• Surface runoff

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Which water cycle processes are directly related to cloud formation?

• melting and freezing

• precipitation and evaporation

• evaporation and condensation

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Analyze the diagram of the water cycle with processes J, K, L, M, Y, and Y labeled. What do the arrows X and Y represent?

• Sea and land breezes along the coastline.

• Formation of dew as cold air sinks.

• Run-off of surface water and movement of ground water toward sea level.

• Tidal flooding and erosion of the river bank.

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A family living in a house needs to dig a new well before they will have usable water. Several options for the well location are shown in the diagram. Which location would be the best choice for the new well?

• Q

• R

• S

• T

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Water vapor is an example of what sphere?

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

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All of the water on the earth makes up the

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

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