EARTH SCI UNIT TEST

How does salt water from the ocean end up as fresh water in precipitation?

• Runoff leaves salt in the soil

• Precipitation leaves salt in the clouds

• Evaporation leaves salt in the ocean

• Condensation leaves salt in the water vapor

What is the primary energy source that drives the Earth’s water cycle between the atmosphere, oceans, and land?

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Ocean currents

• Rotation of Earth

Water gains energy during evaporation. During what process in the water cycle is this energy released?

• Infiltration/percolation through the soil

• Transpiration from plants

• Runoff into the lake and ocean

• Condensation that forms clouds

__________ occurs when water flows over the surface of land.

• Runoff

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

The __________ is the where gases form a blanket around the Earth.

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere-----

Transpiration is the

• process by which grass grows in the summer months

• process by which plants absorb water through their roots and then release it through the pores on their leaves

• process by which water evaporates into the air through animals

• process by which salt water is purified

Evaporation is...

• the process in which water turns into a solid

• the process by which the sun turns water into air

• the process by which water changes from a liquid state into a gas

• the process by which clouds form

Condensation is...

• the process in which water vapor cools and becomes a liquid

• the process by which water turns into a gas

• the process by which the sun heats water and it turns into gas

• the process by which clouds convert water into precipitation

precipitation is...

• rain, snow, clouds, condensation

• sand, dirt, mud, rain

• rain, snow, ice, hail

• hail, snow, sun, runoff

During this stage of the water cycle energy is added

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration