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What are the two main driving forces behind the water cycle?
a) The sun and gravity
b) Gravity and air pressure
c) High pressure and the seasons
d) Gravity and Earth's rotation

All of the water on and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere is considered to be the ___.
a) Hydrosphere
b) Water cycle
c) High pressure system
d) Doppler effect

Water vapor enters the atmosphere through ______.
a) Evaporation and transpiration
b) Precipitation and runoff
c) Infiltration and condensation
d) Transpiration and precipitation

Which of the following best describes the reason for the formation of precipitation?
a) Colder temperatures in the atmosphere cause water vapor to condense and eventually fall.
b) Runoff collects in streams and rivers and gravity pulls it into the atmosphere
c) The Earth's rotation causes water vapor to fall from the clouds and as it falls, it collects into rain.
d) Infiltration leads to the creation of water pockets under soil that can be tapped for wells.

The evaporation of water from plants is called _____.
a) Transpiration (aka Evapotranspiration)
b) Precipitation
c) Condensation
d) Runoff

What causes water to evaporate in the water cycle?
a) Thermal energy from the Sun
b) Thermal energy from the ocean
c) Potential energy from the Sun
d) Condensation

Which describes the process of a liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid?
a) Evaporation
b) Transpiration (aka evapotranspiration)
c) Runoff
d) Condensation

Which of the following describes the downward movement of water as it is absorbed into the soil?
a) Infiltration
b) Runoff
c) Transpiration (aka evapotranspiration)
d) hydrosphere

Which process leads to the collection of groundwater?
a) infiltration
b) runoff
c) condensation
d) precipitation

Which of the following is NOT an example of precipitation?
a) Water Vapor
b) Hail
c) Sleet
d) Snow

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