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Rain, sleet, hail, and snow are all forms of what?
a) evaporation
b) precipitation
c) condensation
d) transpiration
b) precipitation
What is the driving force for the downhill flow of water on land?
a) thermal energy
b) evaporation
c) gravity
d) snow
c) gravity
Water continually _____ between the atmosphere, land, and the oceans.
a) cycles
b) jumps
c) sinks
d) evaporates
a) cycles
This step of the water cycle helps to create aquifers and subsurface groundwater flow.
a) condensation
b) infiltration
c) precipitation
b) infiltration
What is the term for where water is stored underground?
a) groundwater/aquifer
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) run-off
a) groundwater/aquifer
Crystallization occurs when water vapor rises and turns into _______ ________________.
a) ice crystals
b) rain droplets
c) lakes & ponds
a) ice crystals
_______ energy from the sun causes water to evaporate or transpire.
a) thermal
b) gravity
c) light
d) precipitation
a) thermal
The atmosphere and the hydrosphere overlap.
True OR False
True
What is the term for water turning into water vapor?
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) precipitation
a) evaporation
_____ is water that is evaporated from the leaves of plants.
a) precipitation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
c) transpiration
Which step of the water cycle occurs because of gravity?
a) evaporation
b) runoff
c) precipitation
c) precipitation
Which of the following is a factor that helps to drive the water cycle?
a) electricity
b) sunlight
c) magnetism
d) transpiration
b) sunlight
This is how clouds are created:
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) precipitation
b) condensation
What is the term for water droplets falling from the clouds?
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) precipitation
d) precipitation
Condensation and Crystallization (when droplets freeze) must occur on a surface.
True OR False
True
What is the term for when water is evaporated from the leaves of plants?
a) groundwater
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) run-off
c) transpiration
When water vapor loses thermal energy it ______, and millions of droplets come together to form clouds.
a) condenses
b) transpires
c) evaporates
a) condenses
Different forms of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet) are caused by ____ changes within the clouds or between the clouds and earth's surface.
a) size
b) temperature
c) time
b) temperature
__________ is the process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere (rises) due to increased thermal energy.
a) condensation
b) precipitation
c) evaporation
d) gravity
c) evaporation
This is the term for when a solid turns into a gas:
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) sublimation
d) precipitation
c) sublimation