Water Cycle and Atmosphere

The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere is called the

• water cycle

• water circle

• water continuum

• water movement

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Water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow and hail is called

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• collection

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What do we call the layer of gas surrounding a planet or star?

• Atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Outer Space

• Weather

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In which layer does weather occur?

• Atmosphere

• Troposphere

• Exosphere

• Weatherosphere

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Warm, less dense air (including vapor) rises in the atmosphere. Cool, more dense air (including vapor) sinks. This transfer is . . . .

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• gravity

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This is the layer in which clouds and weather occur

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

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The process of water vapor cooling in the atmosphere and forming clouds is called ________

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporaiton

• Sublimation

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is when water vapor contained within clouds begins to fall to earth's surface due to gravity.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporaiton

• Sublimation

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The process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas is called ____________

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

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Select all of the following that are types of Precipitation.

• Hail

• Snow

• Rain

• Sleet

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