The Water Cycle
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Where does the energy for the water cycle come from?
The Sun
(wrong answers:
The spin of the Earth,
The moon,
Fossil fuels,
Electricity)
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Which of the following is NOT a way that water moves from the land to the atmosphere?
precipitation
(wrong answers:
condensation,
evaporation,
transpiration,
sublimination)
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Rain, snow, hail and sleet are all examples of which stage of the water cycle?
precipitation
(wrong answers:
evaporation,
condensation,
run-off)
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On a mountain in the spring, snow melts and trickles into a creek. In turn, the creek flows into a river, which eventually reaches the ocean. Of which part of the water cycle is this an example?
run-off
(wrong answers:
precipitation,
condensation,
infiltration)
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What is it called when plants release water that turns into vapor?
transpiration
(wrong answers:
evaporation,
precipitation,
sublimination,
condensation)
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The layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that's held held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements (primarily nitrogen and Oxygen) is:
atmosphere
(wrong answers:
hydrosphere,
modosphere,
cloud Layer)
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The average weather conditions for a region year after year; long term patterns of temperature and precipitation in an area:
climate
(wrong answers:
weather,
weather pattern,
water Cycle)