The Water Cycle

_______ is the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing of gas to a liquid.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

True or False: Water droplets bond together with dust particles to form clouds during condensation.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Jayden noticed a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day, the puddle is gone. What has most likely happened to the puddle of water?

• It melted.

• It evaporated.

• It condensed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Forms of precipitation are-

• only sleet and snow
• rain, sleet, hail, and snow
• only dew and rain 
• only snow and rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As time goes by and water goes through the water cycle again and again, the amount of water on Earth__________.

• decreases

• increases

• remains the same

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water evaporates, it changes into a ___________.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4