Particle Motion and Changes of State

A group of students used two plastic bags to model the water cycle. The students placed 100 milliliters of water into each bag and sealed the bags tightly. Then the students placed one bag in a dark closet and the other bag on a windowsill, in a sunny room. After a few hours the students checked the plastic bags. What did the students most likely see when they checked the plastic bags?

• The bag in the windowsill was empty, but the bag in the closet was full.

• The bag in the closet had more condensation than the bag in the windowsill.

• The bag in the closet and the bag in the windowsill both showed equal amounts of evaporation.

• The bag on the windowsill had more condensation than the bag in the closet.

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What happens to water during the evaporation stage?

• It turns into ice

• It turns into water vapor

• It turns into clouds

• It turns into rain

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What happens during condensation in the water cycle?

• Water vapor turns into liquid water

• Liquid water turns into water vapor

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Which process in the water cycle involves water vapour cooling and changing back into liquid droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Collection

What describes the way that water moves through Earth's systems?

• rock cycle

• water cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

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When water vapor turns into tiny droplets of water and form clouds in the air it is called __________.

• precipitation 

• evaporation

• condensation

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Which process causes water to enter the atmosphere as water vapor?

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas?

• Freezing

• Melting

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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The picture shows a cumulonimbus cloud forming over an ocean. Which statement best explains how the sun and the ocean interact to form a cumulonimbus cloud?

• Heat from the sun warms the ocean causing water to evaporate. The water vapor then condenses to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Heat from the sun causes clouds in the area to gather over the ocean and form on large cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun shines on the ocean, causing water vapor to condense. The water then evaporates to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun causes ocean water to reflect water vapor in the air and gather over the ocean into a cumulonimbus cloud.

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After liquid water turns into water vapor, it goes into the air where it becomes a...

• glacier

• cloud

• surface water

• ground water

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