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- 1. Multiple Choice
What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere?
clouds
evaporation
condensation
accumulation
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?
provide heat energy for evaporation
provide heat energy for condensation
dry out the soil for runoff to occur
provide thermal energy for accumulation
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of precipitation?
sleet
hail
snow
all of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a way water moves from the land to the air?
transpiration
respiration
evaporation
precipitation
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves?
sublimation
respiration
transpiration
precipitation
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the process called when water vapor turns to liquid water?
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
transpiration
- 7. Multiple Choice
What do we call water in its gas state?
rain
snow
ice
water vapor
- 8. Multiple Choice
If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle?
by transpiration
by evaporation
by accumulation
it can't
- 9. Multiple Choice
Water falls to Earth as rain after water vapor ________ into clouds.
evaporates
accumulates
condenses
freezes
- 10. Multiple Choice
During evaporation, water changes from a _________ to a __________.
solid, liquid
gas, liquid
liquid, gas
liquid, solid
- 11. Multiple Choice
The water cycle starts at....
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
it has not beginning or ending
- 12. Multiple Choice
What process is show by letter A in the diagram?
condensation
evaporation
accumulation
precipitation
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is shown by letter D in the diagram?
runoff
groundwater
melting
vapor
- 14. Multiple Choice
What process is shown by letter B in the diagram?
condensation
transpiration
evaporation
precipitation
- 15. Multiple Choice
What would most likely happen if letter B stopped.
the water cycle would end
there would be more clouds
water would freeze
animals in the ocean would die
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