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During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

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What is B?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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The water cycle is powered by the 

• sun
• wind
• air 
• biomass

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Water in the form of a gas.

• water vapor
• dew point
• ocean current
• humidity

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How does Earth's gravity help make life possible on the planet?

• It holds in heat and keeps temperatures stable

• It holds the atmospheric gases close to the planet

• It generates the magnetic field that we depend on

• It keeps water in the liquid state

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Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle

• true
• false

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Which of these would MOST LIKELY occur if the rate of evaporation over the ocean were to decrease for an extended length of time?

• The sea level would fall dramatically.

• Ocean currents would reverse their directions.

• The amount of precipitation on land would decrease.

• Harmful chemicals would be formed in the atmosphere.

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Day 1 and Day 2 in Greenville started with the same amount of water vapor in the air parcels there. It rained at the end of Day 2 but it did not rain at the end of Day 1. What could have happened to the air parcel to cause rainfall on Day 2?

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it lost energy.

• The air parcel was warmer than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

• The air parcel was at the same low temperature as the surrounding air, so it had low energy.

• The air parcel was cooler than the surrounding air, so it gained energy.

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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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Define precipitation

• water that moves through soil or rock underground

• the movement of water into the ground

• any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface

• the process by which water vapor in the air cools and becomes liquid water

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