5th Grade Science: Topic 4 Practice #1

What state of matter is water vapor?

• Gas
• Solid
• Liquid

What happens to water vapor when it cools?

• It disappears.
• It changes to liquid water.
• It becomes a solid.

How is steam different than water vapor?

• Steam is colder than water vapor.
• Steam is warmer than water vapor and is created when water boils.
• Steam is a solid form of water vapor.

How does Earth's water move in a cycle?

• It stays in one place.
• It changes forms from water vapor to liquid water, then to ice.
• It only stays as water vapor.

What is the importance of the water cycle?

• It continuously moves water on Earth.
• It helps plants grow.
• It creates clouds.

How are condensation and evaporation related?

• Evaporation turns water vapor into liquid.
• Condensation turns water vapor into liquid water, and evaporation turns liquid water into vapor.
• They are not related.

What can affect the processes of the water cycle?

• Air temperature, air pressure, wind, and landforms.
• The amount of water on Earth.
• Only the air temperature.

If you know, water vapor condenses as it moves up in the atmosphere, what does that tell you about conditions higher up in the atmosphere?

• It gets warmer as you go up.
• It gets colder as you go up.
• It stays the same temperature.

What is the water cycle?

• A cycle of water going into space.
• The continuous movement of water on Earth.
• The way water evaporates from the ground.

What is evaporation?

• The process in which a substance warms and changes from a liquid to a gas.
• The process in which a gas cools and turns into a liquid.
• The process in which water falls from the sky.