Multiple Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The clouds in the sky are
a. | water vapor | c. | evaporated water | b. | up in the
stratosphere | d. | water droplets |
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What is evaporation?
a. | precipitation becoming groundwater | c. | liquid water becoming water vapor | b. | water vapor condensing into clouds |
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What is the water cycle powered by?
a. | The Sun | c. | the
Earth’s rotation | b. | The
wind |
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4.
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 Which letter shows
water turning into water vapor?a. | letter A | c. | letter
D | b. | letter C | d. | letter
E |
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Only fresh water moves through the water cycle
because
a. | salt water has a separate cycle | c. | salt water is too heavy to evaporate | b. | the salt is left behind when water evaporates | d. | salt water only
rains back into the ocean |
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What is the sum total of all water on Earth and in
its atmosphere?
a. | hydrosphere | c. | oceanography | b. | biosphere |
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Which letter shows
precipitation?a. | letter A | c. | letter
C | b. | letter B | d. | letter
D |
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What is happening at letter
B?a. | evaporation | c. | condensation | b. | transpiration | d. | precipitation |
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What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail called in the
water cycle?
a. | hydration | c. | evapotranspiration | b. | precipitation |
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During the water cycle, when water vapor changes to
liquid water, it is called
a. | condensation. | c. | freezing. | b. | boiling. | d. | evaporation. |
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In the morning, Mary noticed there was dew on the
grass. In the afternoon, the grass was dry. What most likely happened to the water?
a. | It went into the ground. | c. | It no longer exists | b. | It
condensed | d. | It evaporated |
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What is condensation?
a. | water vapor gaining energy and turning into a gas | c. | water droplets infiltrating into
the ground | b. | water vapor cooling off/losing energy and turning into water
droplets | d. | plants losing
water to the atmosphere |
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Which statement is true?
a. | new water is being made all the time | c. | we are slowly using up all the
water | b. | we are drinking the same water that dinosaurs drank | d. | new water comes to Earth from outer
space |
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Transpiration is almost the same thing as what?
a. | evaporation | c. | precipitation | b. | condensation | d. | runoff |
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In the water cycle, what is different when it snows instead of rains?
a. | the altitude of the clouds | c. | the speed of the
wind | b. | the type of clouds | d. | the temperature |
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