1. Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Water
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2. What kind of precipitation is formed by layers of ice?
rain
snow
sleet
hail

3. d. hail

4. What do you call solid or liquid
water that falls to the earth’s surface?

5. Precipitation

6. Name four types of precipitation?

7. Rain, hail, sleet, snow

8. At what number is precipitation occurring?

9. Number One is precipitation

10. What does this weather map represent?

11. The amount of precipitation occurring
in the United States on a particular day?

12. What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

13. The Sun

14. On which kind of day would you expect the
most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
Cold, rainy
cold, sunny
warm, rainy
warm, sunny

15. d. warm, sunny

16. Between what numbers is evaporation occurring?

17. Evaporation is occurring between numbers 2 and 3.

18. What does heat from the sun cause water to do?

19. Evaporate into the air

20. What is the name of the water cycle process
where water vapor is transmitted
through the pores of leaves?

21. Transpiration

22. What is water doing when it changes to from water vapor back
into water?

23. Condensing

24. Which of the following is an example of
condensation occurring in the water cycle?
Clouds or dew forming
Ocean water changing to water vapor
Water flowing down a river
Underground water soaked into rocks

25. a. Clouds or dew forming

26. What is the process called when water changes from
vapor to a liquid or solid state, such as within a cloud?

27. Condensation

28. Between what numbers is condensation occurring?

29. Between numbers 3 and 4

30. Give two examples of condensation?

31. Clouds forming, fog on a mirror,
water drops on the outside of a glass of water, etc.

32. Where is the most water found on the Earth?

33. In the Oceans

34. What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice?
What cup it is in
How long it has been in a place
If it is being used for anything
What its temperature is

35. d. What its temperature is

36. Generally, how many days can a person live without water?

37. Three days

38. How much of the earth’s surface
is covered with water?

39. About two-thirds or about 70%

40. How much of the earth’s water can
be used for human needs?

41. 1%

42. What percentage of the human body is water?

43. 70%

44. What do we call the endless cycle that water on earth goes through?

45. The water cycle or the hydrologic cycle

46. How much of earth’s water is in the ocean?

47. 97%

48. Name three ways that we can conserve water?

49. Take shorter showers, turn off the water
when brushing teeth, fix dripping faucets, etc.

50. What two elements make up water?

51. Hydrogen and oxygen