MS Science 6 Final Exam V1.0

The water cycle is powered by?

• The sun and Earth's gravity

• The tides and the rock cycle

• The moon and Earth’s internal heat

• Earth’s rotation and the hydrosphere

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Why is transpiration important for plants?

• It allows the plant to breathe

• It keeps the plant exercised

• It keeps plants from getting too dry

• It helps to regulate their temperature

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As you get higher in the atmosphere the air gets?

• drier

• cooler

• wetter

• warmer

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What process changes water vapor to tiny droplets of liquid water?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Which of the following is NOT an example of condensation in action?

• Clouds form overhead

• Rain falls from clouds overhead

• Water droplets bead on the outside of your glass of iced lemonade on a hot day

• Your glasses fog up when you go from inside with AC to outside on a hot, humid day

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What allows water droplets to stay aloft when they are small?

• Earth’s gravity

• updrafts of air

• the Sun’s gravity

• Earth’s rotation

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Surface water can seep into the soil in a process called?

• precipitation
• evaporation
• infiltration
• condensation

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Which of the following is NOT part of the water cycle?

• Ice in a glacier melts and flows downhill

• Water evaporates from the ocean surface

• Water flows from a lake to an uphill slope

• Water vapor cools and freezes to form clouds

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What is fog?

• dust clouds

• another word for clouds

• a type of low-lying storm

• a cloud that touches the land or ocean surface

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What is the change in state from a gas to a liquid called?

• Evaporation
• Sublimation
• Freezing
• Condensation

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