Water Cycle

What are formed when water vapor condenses and come together?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating

• condensing

• precipitating

• runoff

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What role does precipitation play in the water cycle?

• It transports water from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.

• It absorbs heat from the sun, causing water to evaporate.

• It filters water as it moves through the soil.

• It carries nutrients from the soil into the atmosphere.

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How does transpiration contribute to the water cycle?

• It increases the amount of water in the soil.

• It decreases the amount of water in the atmosphere.

• It releases water vapor into the atmosphere from plants.

• It converts water vapor directly into ice crystals.

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During a science class, Priya and Scarlett learned about the water cycle. How does transpiration contribute to the water cycle?

• It increases the amount of water in the soil.

• It decreases the amount of water in the atmosphere.

• It releases water vapor into the atmosphere from plants.

• It converts water vapor directly into ice crystals.

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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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The water cycle has

• a beginning and an end. 

• no beginning an no end. 

• only a beginning. 

• only an end. 

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What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes

• the sun

• lightning

• wind

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Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow

• air

• clouds

• vapor

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