Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff and Groundwater
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100

When the sun heats up liquid water, this process occurs.

a. evaporation b. condensation c. precipitation 

a. evaporation

100

When water vapor changes into water droplets.

a. evaporation  b. condensation  c. precipitation 

condensation

100

Any moisture that falls to the ground from clouds is called _____________. 

a. snow   b. water    c. precipitation 

What is precipitation?

100

Water flowing on Earth's surface that is not absorbed.

a. rain      b. precipitation      c. run off  

 runoff

100

These are the 3 states of water.

a. rain, sleet and snow

b. gas, liquid and solid

c. precipitation, condensation and evaporation 

b. gas, liquid, and solid

200

Evaporation turns liquid water into _________.

a. air      b. rain     c. water vapor

c. water vapor

200

During condensation water is changed from a gas to a ________.

a. gas      b. liquid      c. solid 

b. liquid

200

When liquid water falls from clouds it is called _________.

a. liquid water     b. wet drops      c. rain 

c. rain

200

Water that moves under Earth's surface.

a. ground water   b. top water     c. streams

a. groundwater

200

_________ is one of the most important needs of animals, plants, and human life.

a. food        b. cheeze its        c. water 

c. water

300

When water evaporates it turns into a ________.

a. gas        b. solid        c. dust

What is a gas?

300

The tiny water droplets condense to form ____________.

a. rainbows       b. clouds        c. evaporation 

b. clouds

300

When water vapor freezes it falls as ___________. 

a. rain      b. snow      c. clouds 

b. snow

300

Much of the water that falls to Earth ____________ right away from the ground or puddles.

a. condenses      b. transpiration    c. evaporates 

c. evaporates

300

Most of the water that is evaporated on Earth comes from ________.

a. oceans       b. ground      c. people and animals

What are oceans?

400

When water evaporates, it becomes an invisible gas that goes into the ____________.

a. biosphere        b. atmosphere      c. geosphere

What is the atmosphere?

400

________ temperatures cause condensation of water vapor.

a. hot temperatures     b. cooler temperatures

c. average temperatures  

 cooler temperatures

400

When rain freezes on the way down, it falls as ________.

a. rain        b. fog       c. sleet 

c. sleet

400

___________ carries water to rivers or streams that flow into oceans.

          

What is runoff?

400

The energy that drives the Water Cycle.

What is the Sun?

500

Evaporation takes place mostly in _______ and ________.

What are lakes and oceans?

500
Because wind moves clouds and storms around, water often falls in ___________ places.
What are different places?
500
When pieces of ice form in the clouds from rain or snow, they fall as ________?
What are hail?
500
____________ moves slowly towards rivers and oceans because it is stored for a period of time in the ground.
What is groundwater?
500
If wind did not move air, clouds, and storms ____________ would happen to the land.
What are the lands would become dry or dryness to the land would occur?