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- 1. Multiple ChoiceOccurs when water absorbs enough energy to turn into a gasCondensationTranspirationSublimationEvaporation
- 2. Multiple ChoiceOccurs when water vapor cools and turns to a liquidPrecipitationCondensationSublimationEvaporation
- 3. Multiple ChoiceEvaporation of water out of the leaves of plantsEvaporationCondensationTranspirationSublimation
- 4. Multiple ChoiceOccurs when ice turns directly into a gasEvaporationCondensationTranspirationSublimation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWater that falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hailPrecipitationAquifersCondensationRun Off
- 6. Multiple ChoiceLarge porous layers of underground of underground rock that contains waterRun offAquifersEvaporationClimate
- 7. Multiple ChoicePrecipitation that is not absorbed into the ground; drains into bodies of waterAquifersRun offTranspirationBarometer
- 8. Multiple ChoiceState of atmosphere at a certain place at a specific timeClimateMeteorologyWeatherTroposphere
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe average temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressure and wind in a specific place over timeClimateWeatherAir pressureTranspiration
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe study of the atmosphere and all that takes place within the atmosphereClimatologyMeteorologyClimateWeather
- 11. Multiple ChoiceScientists who study weather and predict its patternsClimateMeteorologistZoologistAquifers
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWeight of the Earths atmosphere pressing down upon its surfaceCondensationHygrometerStratosphereAir pressure
- 13. Multiple Choice
What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?
The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.
The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.
The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.
The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is precipitation?
Sweat from our bodies on hot days
Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet
Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens
Any form of water that falls from the sky
- 15. Multiple Choice
Water in its gas form is called ____________________,
water vapor
precipitation
ice
air
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWarm, less dense air (including vapor) rises in the atmosphere. Cool, more dense air (including vapor) sinks. This transfer is . . . .convectionconductionradiationgravity
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich best explains why runoff is important?It returns water to other locations on EarthIt increases the chance of floodingIt makes evaporation occur fasterIt increases condensation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is water doing when it is changing to a gas?Condensing.Evaporating.Gravitating.Precipitating.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Many North Carolina towns use water from wells for drinking. How does water get into wells?
it has to be poured into them from water tanks
rain sinks down through the soil into them
it is pumped by large engines into the well
it evaporates from inside the Earth
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