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At some depth, the water reaches a level where the pores in the ground are saturated with water, called the 

• saturated zone
• unsaturated zone

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Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.

• cold
• light
• heavy
• hot

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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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Water vapor changing to liquid water is called

• evaporation
• condensation
• melting
• precipitation

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What do you call the land that water flows across, under, and through on its way to a body of water?

• Tributary
• River system
• Headwaters
• Watershed

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All of the waters on Earth’s surface

• water cycle

• aquifer

• hydrosphere

• 3/4

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What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

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Which process occurs when liquid water changes to gas and enters the atmosphere?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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How does water return to Earth from the atmosphere in the water cycle?

• precipitation

• runoff

• water vapor

• transpiration

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Which of these contain most of Earth's water?

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

• glaciers

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