Cycle

When clouds get too heavy and water falls back to earth in the form of rain, snow, hail or other forms.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Percolation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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What is the primary energy source that drives the Earth’s water cycle between the atmosphere, oceans, and land?

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Ocean currents

• Rotation of Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water gains energy during evaporation. During what process in the water cycle is this energy released?

• Infiltration/percolation through the soil

• Transpiration from plants

• Runoff into the lake and ocean

• Condensation that forms clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What important role does the atmosphere play in the water cycle?

• It is a reservoir

• It is a reservation

• It is an engine

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The four stages of the water cycle are...

• Precipitation, evaporation, condensation, & transpiration

• Precipitation, heat energy, atoms released into the air, & atmosphere

• Atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, & evaporation

• Evaporation, condensation, atomic energy, thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During this stage of the water cycle energy is added

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During this stage of the water cycle, energy is lost...

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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As water turns into water vapor and rises, it cools and becomes... pick the answer that shows the two forms of the water cycle

• evaporation -- transpiration

• transpiration -- evaporation

• precipitation -- condensation

• evaporation -- condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process called when water from the surface of the Earth enters the atmosphere as water vapor?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Which of the following is a cycle that involves the movement of carbon through the atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms?

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Phosphorus Cycle

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