Weather & Climate Post-Test

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds and then falls to Earth in the form of precipitation.

• run-off
• transpiration
• water cycle
• lithosphere

Water droplets falling from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail.

• run-off
• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation

The cooling of water in the atmosphere in clouds changing gas to a liquid.

• condensation
• transpiration
• precipitation
• run-off

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

• evaporation
• condensation
• water vapor
• transpiration

Rainfall that is not absorbed by the soil & travels to a larger body of water.

• condensation
• water cycle
• run-off
• precipitation

A specific event—like a rainstorm or hot day—that happens over a few hours, days or weeks.

• Climate
• Global Warming
• Weather
• Water Cycle

__________________ is the average weather conditions in a place over 30 years or more.

• Sunshine
• Daily weather
• Climate
• Global warming

Which of Earth's spheres do humans belong to?

• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Biosphere

The ____________________ consists of all the water on Earth, including oceans, rivers, lakes, and even the moisture in the air

• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Biosphere

The _________________is the Earth's solid outer layer, which includes the crust and the upper mantle.

• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Atmosphere
• Biosphere