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All water on Earth is recycled through ____.

• the water cycle
• pockets of nitrogen
• exhaled gas
• dead organic material

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The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Crop Rotation

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Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are ______________ that are vital to human life.

• renewable resources

• geoscience process

• nonrenewable resources

• natural resources

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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In the water cycle, energy from the Sun causes water to

• condense

• evaporate

• freeze

• sublimate

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The oceans are made of water. The oceans are part of Earth's _____.

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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The act of turning from a gas into a liquid (water vapor to water). ________________________

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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Approximately how much of available water on Earth is fresh water?

• 1%

• 11%

• 53%

• 97%

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What is the water cycle?

• How Earth's water travels from surface to atmosphere and back to surface again

• How water never returns to Earth's surface once it evaporates

• How severe weather forms

• How Earth's water formed billions of years ago

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What land use would be the best choice for watershed drainage?

• mall

• wetland

• recreational area

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