Water Cycle

When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes _______________

• puddles

• lake water

• runoff

• groundwater

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The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

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The process where water soaks into soil or porous rock .

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

• Infiltration

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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

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Precipitation might contribute to the addition of pollutants to rivers, lakes, and oceans because...

• it carries pollutants from the atmosphere into bodies of water

• it collects any pollutants that are in or on the ground in the water supply

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Which of the processes associated with the water cycle might be responsible for helping to clean or filter the water? (Select TWO answers)

• Infiltration (also called percolation)

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Runoff

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Which processes of the water cycle gain energy? Select all that apply.

• condensation

• sublimation

• evaporation

• deposition

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