Water Cycle, Weather, and Climate Review

What is a solid form of water?

• Water vapor

• Ice

• Clouds

• Oceans

Water in the form of gas is ________________.

• Vapor

• Liquid

• Ice

• Snowflakes

True or False? Every drop of water follows the same path in the water cycle.

• True

• False

When plants participate in the water cycle, it is called _____________________.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Groundwater

• Transpiration

What causes the movement of air (=wind)?

• Air condenses and falls as rain.

• Changes in the pressure of the atmosphere.

• The sun setting at night.

• A boulder rolling down a mountain.

True or False? Clouds are formed when water vapor condenses around dust specks in the air.

• True

• False

Condensation is when ______

• water cools down and freezes.

• water heats up and turns into water vapor.

• water vapor changes into a liquid.

• it starts raining.

When liquid water is changes into a solid, it is _______

• freezing

• boiling

• evaporating

• melting

The changing of a liquid into a gas in the water cycle is called ________

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• sublimation

The sun provides the energy for _______________.

• the Moon

• ocean currents

• the water cycle

• ocean tides