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How does a decrease in temperature turn water vapor back into a liquid?

• through condensation

• through transpiration

• through precipitation

• through evaporation

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How would water vapor cooling and forming clouds impact the water cycle?

• by increasing runoff

• by increasing evaporation

• by increasing precipitation

• by increasing transpiration

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After a hot sunny day, a plant withers and dries up. Which explains how this happens?

• The hot sun causes respiration of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes precipitation of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes transpiration of the plant’s water.

• The hot sun causes condensation of the plant’s water.

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How does water from the ocean return to lakes in the mountains?

• Rivers bring water away from the oceans and to the mountains.

• Underground water reservoirs move water from the ocean to the mountains.

• The rotation of the Earth causes evaporation of the ocean’s water, which allows the winds to blow the moisture to the mountains.

• The sun’s energy causes evaporation of the ocean’s water, which condenses into clouds, precipitates, and refills bodies of water in the mountains.

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Jamal filled his swimming pool in the middle of his backyard. He observed the water level for several weeks and found it decreased over time.

Which explains why the water level most likely decreased?

• The volume of water changed because the air temperature cooled.

• Plants near the pool used the water via transpiration.

• Precipitation caused runoff in the pool area.

• There was evaporation caused by the sun.

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How does an increase in water temperature caused by the sun impact the water cycle?

• It causes evaporation.

• It causes precipitation.

• It causes transpiration.

• It causes condensation.

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The atmosphere of Earth blocks many of the Sun’s rays. If weather patterns change and more of the Sun’s rays penetrate the atmosphere of Earth, which is MOST likely to increase?

• the number of daylight hours

• the evaporation of oceans

• the length of each season

• the pull of gravity

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When Maria went for a walk early in the morning, she noticed the ground was wet. It had not rained overnight, but there were water droplets on the grass.

What BEST explains why the water droplets formed on the grass?

• Clouds formed.

• The Sun went down.

• Winds became stronger.

• The air temperature became cooler.

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Mr. Doyle’s class took a trip to a lake. The students observed a dark mark on the rocks above the surface of the lake. Mr. Doyle said the mark showed where the water level in the lake had been in the past.

What MOST likely happened to lower the water level in the lake?

• Ice formed over the lake.

• Rainfall around the lake increased.

• Lightning struck the surface of the lake.

• Air temperatures around the lake increased.

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After Todd took a hot shower, he noticed that the bathroom mirror looked foggy. He could not see his reflection. Which statement BEST explains what happened?

• Water froze on the mirror because its surface was cold.

• Hot water splashed splashed on the mirror and heated its surface.

• Water evaporated when it touched the hot mirror’s surface.

• Water vapor condensed when it touched the cold mirror’s surface.

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