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(Precipitation-Evaporation) is any form of water that falls to Earth from clouds
a) Precipitation
b) Evaporation
c)
d)

Water vapor is (visible-invisible).
a) invisible
b) visible
c)
d)

Fog is a (cloud-vapor) that is close to or in contact with the ground.
a) cloud
b) vapor
c)
d)

Energy is transported to different parts of the Earth system in the water cycle when water changes (chemically-state).
a) state
b) chemically
c)
d)

Often, when water is absorbing energy, the energy comes from the (earth-sun).
a) sun
b) earth
c)
d)

Water we use on a daily basis for drinking and bathing typically comes from (ground-surface) water.
a) surface
b) ground
c)
d)

Surface water is used to (irrigate-fertilize) plants and operate hydroelectric dams.
a) irrigate
b) fertilize
c)
d)

If an area doesn't have access to surface water, they need to use (lake-groundwater) that is drawn up to the surface by a well.
a) groundwater
b) lake
c)
d)

The water cycle describes how water moves from the (ocean-atmosphere) to the surface of Earth and back again.
a) atmosphere
b) ocean
c)
d)

When precipitation flows across Earth's surface, it is called (runoff-rain).
a) runoff
b) rain
c)
d)

(Rivers-Tributaries) are smaller branches of a larger stream into which they flow.
a) Tributaries
b) Rivers
c)
d)

Streams are important because they (distribute-collect) water on the surface of Earth.
a) distribute
b) collect
c)
d)

Faster streams tend to have (wider-straighter) channels than slow-moving streams.
a) straighter
b) wider
c)
d)

The sediments and other materials carried by the stream, other than the water itself, make up the stream (load-deposit).
a) load
b) deposit
c)
d)

How fast a stream moves depends on the (pitch-gradient), or the steepness of the land which the stream flows over.
a) gradient
b) pitch
c)
d)

A stream with a (low-high) gradient will move slowly and only carry smaller sediment.
a) low
b) high
c)
d)

(Recharge-Discharge) describes the volume of water moved by a stream in a given amount of time.
a) Discharge
b) Recharge
c)
d)

Streams carve out (clefts-channels) in rock and soil due to the powerful force of water.
a) channels
b) clefts
c)
d)

Watersheds are areas of (land-surface water) that are drained by streams.
a) land
b) surface water
c)
d)

16 Watersheds are separated by (tributaries-divides).
a) divides
b) tributaries
c)
d)

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