water cycle QUIZ

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hydrologic cycle Quiz

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Question 1/10

What is the process by which water vapor cools and turns back into liquid water?

Precipitation

Evaporation

Condensation

Transpiration

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Question 2/10

What is the term for water that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface?

Evaporation

Precipitation

Accumulation

Condensation

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Question 3/10

What are the two main drivers of the water cycle?

Humans and Plants

Pollution and Global Warming

Sunlight and Gravity

Clouds and Oceans

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Question 4/10

What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the air?

Evaporation

Precipitation

Transpiration

Accumulation

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Question 5/10

What state is water in when it has formed clouds?

Liquid

Gas

Plasma

Solid

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Question 6/10

What is the term for the process of water being absorbed into the ground?

Ocean Forming

Evapotranspiration

Condensation

Infiltration

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Question 7/10

What happens to most of the runoff from rainfall?

All of it soaks into the ground

Makes its way to the ocean

Immediatly all becomes water vapor

Moves to the tops of moutains

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Question 8/10

Generally, when liquid water becomes water vapor, it...

gains energy

loses energy

moves slower

must first become ice

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Question 9/10

True or false: Solar radiation plays a big role in the water cycle.

True

False

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Question 10/10

What is the main way the water cycle contributes to weather patterns?

It influences the formation of clouds and precipitation

It causes changes in wind direction

It affects the temperature of the atmosphere

It determines the amount of sunlight received

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