Water Cycle

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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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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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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Which example is a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Fog

• Frost

• Hail

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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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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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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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The movement of elements or molecules through a repeated sequence of events, such as the water cycle.

• Cycle of Matter

• Transfusion

• Food Chain

• Recycle

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Which process in the water cycle involves the conversion of water vapor into liquid water?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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