Water Cycle/Water on Earth

Water is given off through the leaves of a plant as water vapor.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipatation

Water vapor cools and becomes liquid water.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

97% of Earth's water is salt water found in _________________.

• oceans and seas

• lakes and rivers

• oceans and streams

• lakes and rivers

The water cycle is driven by ...

• the wind

• people

• the sun

• the moon

Most of Earth's fresh water is...

• used daily

• under ground

• in lakes and rivers

• frozen

Oceans and seas are fresh water.

• true

• false

More freshwater exists as ___________ than is found in all of Earth's rivers and lakes.

• runoff

• water vapor

• saltwater

• groundwater

The process of changing liquid water to water vapor is called ​ (a)  

 

• evaporation
• precipitation
• condensation

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to evaporate

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

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff