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What is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the earth?
Water cycle
What provides energy for the water cycle?
The Sun
When water changes from a liquid state to a gas state it is due to _________.
When water vapor (gas) cools and turns back into a liquid it is called __________.
condensation
Evaporation and ________ are both caused by changes in heat energy.
condensation
a. gas/liquid
b. liquid/gas
c. solid/liquid
d. liquid/solid
b. liquid/gas
Water that is so heavy it falls as liquid/solid.
Precipitation
Water falling from the sky collects as bodies of water and ________.
a. groundwater
b. icebergs
c. clouds
d. vapor
a. groundwater
Water vapor is which state of matter?
gas
____ is precipitation that flows across the land's surface.
Runoff
A person who studies weather is a _________.
Meteorologist
Wet grass in the morning is caused by _______ in the air cooling and turning into liquid.
water vapor
Falling temperatures would affect the water cycle in which of the following ways?
a. Creating smaller raindrops
b. changing the path of runoff on land
c. creating larger raindrops
d. changing precipitation from rain to snow
d. changing precipitation from rain to snow
Which of the following is NOT a form of condensation.
a. seeing cold breath on a winter day
b. water forming on the outside of a cold glass
c. steam rising from a pot of boiling water
d. clouds
c. steam rising from a pot of boiling water
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
Any water that is on or below the surface of the Earth is part of the _______.
a. geosphere
b. hydrosphere
c. atmosphere
d. biosphere
b. hydrosphere
Which of the following would be a way to investigate how the Sun and a lake interact in the water cycle?
a. Place a container of lake water in the Sun on a cold day to see how long it takes to freeze.
b. Pour a container of lake water onto the dirt on a sunny day to see how long it takes to soak in.
c. Pour a container of lake water onto a pile of packed dirt to see how long it takes to flow down the side of the pile.
d. Place a container of lake water out in the Sun on a warm day to see how long it takes to evaporate.
d. Place a container of lake water out in the Sun on a warm day to see how long it takes to evaporate.
What are the four types of precipitation?
Hail, snow, sleet, and rain
Plants and animals are part of the _______.
a. geosphere
b. hydrosphere
c. atmosphere
d. biosphere
d. biosphere
Water moves between what two spheres to impact weather?
a. hydrosphere and atmosphere
b. geosphere and hydrosphere
c. biosphere and atmosphere
d. hydrosphere and biosphere
a. hydrosphere and atmosphere
When water evaporates from the Earth's surface is becomes part of the ________.
a. biosphere
b. geosphere
c. atmosphere
d. hydrosphere
c. atmosphere
Clouds are part of the water cycle. Clouds are formed as a result of condensation. Which of the following is true about condensation?
a. water vapor cooling and changing from a gas to a liquid
b. water evaporating due to heat
c. rain, snow, sleet, and hail falling as precipitation
d. rivers emptying into the ocean
a. water vapor cooling and changing from a gas to a liquid
What are the four parts of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection
What is the process called in which a plant loses water through its leaves?
Transpiration
The water cycle would not work with out the _____.
Sun