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What one factor causes water to run downhill?
a) gravity
b) condensation
c) The Sun's energy
d) evaporation

What happens when water vapor loses energy and its particles begin to slow down?
a) It begins to rain
b) Water soaks into the ground
c) The water vapor turns back to a liquid
d) all of the above

How does energy from the Sun cause water to evaporate?
a) The Sun's energy cools the water causing the particles to slow down and evaporate.
b) The sun's energy heats the water causing the particles to move faster and change states to a gas
c) The Sun's energy makes waves in the water that splash out evaporate
d) all of the above

Explain crystallization.
a) When water vapor is exposed to really cold air in the atmosphere and it condenses into ice crystals
b) When water freezes in a body of water
c) When ice cycles freeze and hang off your house
d) When water vapor is exposed to really hot air in the atmosphere and melts

What gets release back into the air when animals breathe (besides carbon dioxide).
a) oxygen
b) water vapor
c) nitrogen
d) all of the above

When water heats up it evaporates, if water cools down what does it do?
a) flows downhill
b) precipitates
c) condensates (condensation)
d) all of the above

When water evaporates from plants through transpiration where does it go?
a) into the ground
b) Into the atmosphere
c) into precipitation
d) Into a new plant

If you have a bowl of water outside for several days, the water will slowly decrease. Why?
a) the water will never disappear unless you dump it out
b) the water will soak into the plants around it
c) the water will condensate
d) The water will evaporate due to the suns heat

What two main factors cause water to move through the water cycle?
a) precipitation and water falls
b) run off and condensation
c) The Sun's energy and gravity
d) transpiration and gravity

What is precipitation?
a) Moisture falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
b) when the Suns energy heats water and makes it turn to a gas
c) When a plant releases water vapor into the air
d) all of the above

What is condensation?
a) when the Suns energy heats water and makes it turn to a gas
b) When a plant releases water vapor into the air
c) When water vapor cools and turns back to a liquid, this occurs to form clouds
d) all of the above

Name 2 examples of how water can enter the atmosphere besides from bodies of water.
a) condensation in a cloud and animals breathing
b) transpiration, animals breathing
c) condensation and precipitation
d) all of the above

When water is a gas, where is is usually located?
a) underground
b) in an ocean
c) Atmosphere
d) in a lake

What is a reservoir?
a) an area on Earth where water is stored
b) underground water chambers
c) Water storage areas in Earth's atmosphere
d) a Stream

Explain transpiration
a) When we drive our cars around
b) When water leaves a body of water and floats into the sky as a gas
c) When water cools in the atmosphere and turns to a liquid to form a cloud
d) When plants release water vapor into the air due to warmth from the Sun or too much water in the plant or

Where on Earth is water stored?
a) in large tanks
b) Aquifers, oceans, lakes
c) Clouds and water tanks
d) None of the above

Where does water go when it evaporates?
a) Into a cloud
b) Soaks into the ground
c) into the atmosphere
d) Into an aquifer

Besides bodies of water, what 2 other things can water evaporate from?
a) plants and animals
b) cars and plants
c) animals and rocks
d) all of the above

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