What is the WATER CYCLE?

• a continuous loop (path)

• water changing form

  (solid --> liquid --> gas)

• both a continuous loop AND water changing form

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We are drinking the same water that the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago.

• True

• False

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Most of water on earth (97%) is stored here.

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Plants and animals could not exist without ______.

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During condensation, water changes from a ____ to liquid in clouds.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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This image shows:

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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When rain soaks the ground, this process is called:

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

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Water vapor (gas) exits a plant here during transpiration.

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When water from land enters streams, lakes, and rivers.

• Runoff

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

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Evaporation occurs when water moves from liquid to a ______.

• solid

• a different liquid

• gas

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