Water Cycle STAAR Questions

What part of the illustration shows Evaporation? 

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• 2
• 3
• 4

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The amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air

• Barometer
• Humidity
• Rain gauge
• Evaporation

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• Freezing
• Condensation 
• The warming of air
• The forming of clouds

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• Increased drought conditions
• Decreased erosion of the shoreline
• Increased precipitation 
• Decreased solar energy 

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• water flowing downhill 
• fog forming along a highway
• the water level of a lake decreasing 
• dark clouds forming in the sky

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What provides the energy needed for evaporation to occur naturally in the water cycle? 

• wind
• rivers
• soil
• sun 

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The sun drives the water cycle by doing which of the following?

• rotating on its axis
• giving off light for plants
• keeping Earth in orbit
• providing heat for evaporation 

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The Sun's heat causes evaporation.  Most of the evaporation on Earth happens to water found in --

• oceans
• lakes 
• rivers
• underground

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• beaker of water
• ice cubes
• metal pan
• hot plate

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Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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