Earth Science Vocabulary Review

The part of Earth where life can be found, including land, water, and air, is known as the...

• atmospehre

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• mesosphere

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The part of the Earth where water can be found is known as the...

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

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The cycle in which carbon moves from living to nonliving things and back again is known as the...

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• rock cycle

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The cycle in which water moves through the Earth in all its various forms is known as the...

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• rock cycle

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This part of the water cycle is when liquid water turns to water vapor

• evaporation

• condensation

• infiltration

• precipitation

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This part of the water cycle occurs when water from plants is given off as water vapor

• precipitation

• transpiration

• sublimation

• condensation

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This part of the water cycle occurs when solid water is transformed immediately to water vapor, skipping the liquid stage.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• sublimation

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This part of the water cycle occurs when water vapor comes together to form clouds

• condensation

• evaporation

• inflitration

• sublimation

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This part of the water cycle occurs when water is released from the atmosphere

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• infiltration

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This part of the water cycle occurs when excess water is pulled deep into the ground

• transpiration

• runoff

• infiltration

• evaporation

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