Lesson 5: Water Cycle and Weather

Which process of the water cycle is similar to water droplets forming on grass early in the morning?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• runoff

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This is responsible for keeping water constantly moving in the water cycle?

• sunlight

• wind

• earthquakes

• molten core of Earth

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All of the water on Earth makes up this?

• water table

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• none of these

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When water changes from a liquid to a gas, it is called?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• runoff

• condensation

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Most of the frozen water on Earth is found in?

• groundwater

• glaciers

• geysers

• hail

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When plants lose water through pores in their leaves?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• runoff

• percolation

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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

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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Precipitation occurs because 

• the droplets evaporate in the air
• the droplets are too light for the air to hold
• the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

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The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

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