Water Cycle Review

The water cycle starts at the ocean and ends at the tops of mountains.

• true

• false

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Five hundred million liters of water goes over Victoria Falls in Africa every minute!! Which process in the water cycle is a waterfall part of?

• precipitation

• infiltration

• transpiration

• runoff

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The invention of the well is over 8,000 years old and takes advantage of the fact that water is found underground. What process of the water cycle allows water to end up underground?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• infiltration

• condensation

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Fog is considered a ground level cloud. What process is taking place for fog to form?

• condensation

• precipitation

• infiltration

• transpiration

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After you take a nice hot shower, the mirror is covered in tiny water droplets. What processes took place for the water from your shower to end up on your mirror?

• evaporation and condensation

• evaporation and precipitation

• evaporation and transpiration

• condensation and precipitation

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Bogs, swamps, mangroves, marshes are all types of wetlands. Wetlands are typically found between bodies of water and dry land. Wetlands act as natural water filters and help with coastal flooding. Which water cycle process do you think plays a part in the wetlands ability to filter water?

• infiltration

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

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The lost sea is an underground lake in Tennessee. It remains cold year round because it is protected from the climate above ground. Which of these processes are involved in the formation of the lost sea?

• evaporation

• infiltration

• transpiration

• condensation

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The largest glacier on Earth is the Seller Glacier. It is found on Antarctica and is estimated at 2,710 square miles. This is more than twice the size of Van Buren County! What process of the water cycle is involved in the formation of glaciers?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• infiltration

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Cumulonimbus clouds are responsible for thunderstorms. They are dark clouds when they have lots of water condensed in the cloud. What causes the precipitation to fall from these storm clouds?

• solar energy

• gravitational pull

• strong winds

• precipitational pull

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According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, around 2 billion people globally lack access to safely managed drinking water, which represents roughly a quarter of the world's population. Which of the following is not a source of freshwater?

• oceans

• glaciers

• groundwater

• fog

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