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T/F All the water on earth is the same water that has been recycling for billions of years.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Water that falls to the earth as snow, rain, sleet or hail is called
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) precipitation
d) convection

The process of water molecules becoming water vapor and rising through the air is called
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) runoff
d) precipitation

T/F The runoff part of the water cycle song should be performed in a jazzy, pizzazzy way.
a) False
b) True
c)
d)

Water in a gas state is known as
a) frozen water
b) liquid water
c) gasoline
d) water vapor

Water molecules changing from water vapor to liquid droplets is
a) precipitation
b) condensation
c) runoff
d) evaporation

T/F The largest collection storage of FRESHWATER on Earth is found
a) frozen in glaciers and ice caps
b) in ponds and lakes
c) in groundwater
d) in swimming pools

Large, natural storage areas of liquid or frozen water are known as
a) water towers
b) water deposits
c) collection areas
d) clouds

Water that flows across the land and into streams, rivers, and lakes is called
a) condensation
b) runoff
c) mud flows
d) a slump

Evaporation of water from leaves is called
a) precipitation
b) convection
c) condensation
d) transpiration

The continuous recycling of water on, above, and below the earth is called
a) runoff
b) the Water Cycle
c) hydrologic voyaging
d) infiltration

Water vapor molecules rise because they are
a) less dense than the air around them
b) more dense than the air around them
c) filled with helium
d) the same density as the air around them

Water stored below Earth's surface is known as...
a) sludge
b) runoff
c) groundwater
d) hydrologic hibernation

Masses of condensed water droplets in the sky are called
a) clouds
b) hydrologic air masses
c) density fog
d) pre-precipitation molecules

Water molecules precipitate and fall to earth as rain because they are
a) more dense than the air around them
b) less dense than the air around them
c) the same density as the air around them
d) anxious to return to earth

When water molecules are heated by the Sun, they
a) do not change
b) contract and become more dense
c) spread out and become less dense
d) get a suntan

When water molecules are cooled they
a) contract and become more dense
b) spread out and become less dense
c) do not change
d) lose their suntan

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