Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice Part 1: Water Cycle

What is the term for a state of matter that maintains its own shape? Ice is an example of this state.

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

What is the term for a state of matter that flows and takes the shape of its container? Rain is an example of this state.

• A) Solid

• B) Gas

• C) Liquid

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

What is the term for a state of matter that spreads out to fill the space it's in? Water vapor is an example of this state.

• A) Solid

• B) Gas

• C) Liquid

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

NGSS.5-PS1-1

What is the term for the continuous movement of water, changing from one state to another, into the air and back to Earth's surface?

• Water Cycle

• Life Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Plant Cycle

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NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

What is the term for any form of water that falls from clouds to earth, such as rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.3-ESS2-1

What is the term for the process of a liquid changing into a gas when heat is added? Example: water (liquid) + heat = water vapor (gas).

• The term is "freezing."

• The term is "condensation".

• The term is "sublimation".

• The term is "evaporation".

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the term for the process of a gas cooling and changing into a liquid? Example: water vapor (gas) - heat = water (liquid).

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the term for the process of plants taking in water from the ground, and the water evaporates from the plant into the atmosphere?

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Condensation

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NGSS.5-LS1-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1

What is the term for a process when precipitation is soaked into the ground instead of collecting in oceans, lakes, rivers, or streams?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for the stage of the water cycle when precipitation falls to Earth and collects in lakes, oceans, rivers, and streams?

• Collection

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.5-ESS2-2