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The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a

• water table
• trailer
• house
• watershed

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What is another word to describe the water found in an estuary like the Chesapeake Bay?

• Organic
• Brackish
• Polluted
• Clear

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El ____________ asciende con las corrientes de aire y se enfría en las capas altas de la troposfera.

• Humo

• Vapor de agua

• Agua en estado líquido

• Agua en estado sólido

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How would you describe the SOIL in the wetlands?

• always very dry

• always very wet

• like a sponge

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Where is most water found on Earth?

• glaciers
• lakes
• rivers
• oceans

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Analyze the diagram of the water cycle with processes J, K, L, M, X, and Y labeled. What is significant about the process labeled L?

• Condensation is the conversion of water vapor into water droplets.

• Precipitation is the release of liquid or frozen forms of water from the atmosphere.

• Evaporation is the conversation of surface water into water vapor to return to the atmosphere.

• Transpiration is the release of water vapor from plants back into the water cycle.

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Most of the energy in Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and living systems comes from ___________.

• Earth's core

• magma

• lightning

• the Sun

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What causes clouds to form and precipitate before they go over a mountain?

• Warm air is rising and condensing as it cools.

• Mountains are too tall for clouds to go over.

• Cold water is rising and expanding.

• Warm water is sinking and condensing.

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Process of a gas (water vapor) changing to a liquid... creating a cloud :)

• air parcel

• change

• cloud

• condensation

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Which best explains why a thick tropical forest filled with large plants typically has a lot of water vapor in the air?

• The plants undergo transpiration.

• The plants undergo condensation.

• The plants prevent water from evaporating.

• The plants prevent water from becoming runoff.

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