Water Cycle Generation Genius Challenge

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

• water vapor

• precipitation

• ice

• air

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Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

Rain and snow are two different forms of precipitation that fall on Earth's surface. Which factor is responsible for there being different forms of precipitation?

• Evaporation

• Run-off

• Temperature

• Transpiration

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How does water get from the clouds back to the ground? Think carefully!

• evaporates into the clouds

• rain, sleet, hail, and snow

• melts from icebergs

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What process formed the clouds inside the bottles? Think about what happened when he boiled the water inside the barrel.

• condensation

• melting

• evaporation

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What is the process of water falling out of the atmosphere?

• Groundwater flow

• Precipitation

• Water collection

• Cloud formation

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___ is water vapor condensing around dust particles into liquid water in the atmosphere.

• Groundwater flow

• Precipitation

• Water collection

• Cloud formation

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Which of the following is driven by energy from the sun?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Groundwater flow

• Water collection

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Which of the following is driven by energy from gravity?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Freezing

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