15.2 Water Cycle

What powers the water cycle?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• The Wind

• The Ocean

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The water cycle is a (a)   process.

• temporary

• never ending

• seasonal

• rare

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Which process in the water cycle involves water vapor cooling and changing into liquid droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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Match the following processes with their descriptions:

• Transpiration

• Liquid water turns into vapor.

• Condensation

• Water falls from clouds as rain, snow, etc.

• Precipitation

• Plants release water vapor.

• Evaporation

• Water vapor turns into liquid droplets.

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The process of water moving from the surface into the ground is called (a)   .

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

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When the sun heats up the puddles, rivers, lakes, and oceans, the water turns into (a)   or steam and goes into the air.

• Ice

• Vapor

• Snow

• Rain

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What happens to water vapor during condensation?

• It heats up

• It cools down and becomes a liquid

• It remains the same

• It turns into gas.

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Condensation is important because it is needed for (a)   .

• clouds
• Energy

• Heat

• Air

• water

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Precipitation is the movement of water from the atmosphere to the (a)   .

• Ocean

• Surface

• Underground

• Lakes

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