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A student looks outside her window after it has rained. She sees many puddles of water. later that same day, the puddles are gone. Which process explains why the puddles are gone? 

• accumulation of runoff
• precipitation 
• evaporation 
• condensation 

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The water cycle is powered by the 

• sun
• wind
• air 
• biomass

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Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...

• Atmosphere to the geosphere 
• Geosphere to the hydrosphere 
• Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 
• Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 

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What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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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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What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

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The sun warms a large area of an ocean. This causes a large amount of water to evaporate into the air. Which weather event might occur?

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Tidal Wave

• Freezing rain

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During which phase of the water cycle is energy GAINED

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Surface Runoff

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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Water on earth flows from higher places to lower places.

• True

• False

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