9.2 - Cycles of Matter (Water, Carbon, Nitrogen)

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

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The _________ exerts a major influence on weather and climate by absorbing energy from the sun, releasing it over time, and globally redistributing it through ocean currents.

• Sun

• Ocean

• Continents

• Desert

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What are formed when water vapor condenses?

• Clouds

• Mountains

• Transpiration

• Valleys

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The act of turning from a gas into a liquid. ________________________

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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The act of turning from a liquid into a gas. ___________________

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land.

• weathering

• transpiration

• run-off

• precipitation

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The process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. __________________________

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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The amount of fresh water on Earth is _______%.

• 3

• 5

• 95

• 97

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