1. Water Cycle Review

2. Precipitation includes _______, ________, _______, and __________. Answer: rain, snow, sleet, hail

3. What is condensation? Answer: The process in which water vapor is changed back into liquid water.

4. What energy source drives the water cycle? Answer: the sun

5. What is evaporation? Answer: The process in which liquid water is turned into water vapor.

6. What makes water evaporate? Answer: heat; the temperature increasing

7. Define the water cycle. Answer: the movement of water from the ground to the air and then back to the ground

8. Where can water be stored? Answer: rivers, lakes, oceans, underground, ponds, streams

9. What are some sources of water pollution? Answer: chemicals from factories, run- off from fertilized lawns, oil from parking lots, soil erosion

10. What does it mean to conserve water? What are some ways to do this? Answer: save and protect it; turn off water while brushing your teeth, take short showers, fix a water leak

11. Water that is found underground is called _________. Answer: groundwater

12. Water that ends up in our rivers and lakes is called ____________. Answer: surface water; runoff

13. Where is most of our water on Earth found? Answer: oceans

14. Name 2 different water sources in your community. Answer: well water, rivers, reservoirs

15. What are the 3 processes that are involved in the water cycle? Answer: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation