Understanding the Water Cycle

What is the primary role of the water cycle in nature?

• To provide energy to plants

• To regulate Earth's temperature

• To recycle water on Earth

• To create new water sources

During evaporation, what happens to water?

• It falls as rain

• It becomes a gas

• It turns into ice

• It forms clouds

What causes water vapor to condense into droplets?

• High temperatures

• Strong winds

• Sunlight

• Cold air in the sky

What triggers precipitation to occur?

• Water freezing in the sky

• Wind blowing the clouds

• Sunlight heating the air

• Clouds becoming too heavy

Where does water collect after precipitation?

• In the atmosphere

• In underground reservoirs

• In the stratosphere

• In bodies of water like lakes and rivers