Water Cycle Test Vocabulary

Question 1

[blank_start]Condensation[blank_end] occurs when a gas condenses to a liquid.

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Dew

Question 2

[blank_start]Dew[blank_end] forms when water vapor cools and condenses onto a surface.

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Dew

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Humidity

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Water Vapor

Question 3

A [blank_start]cloud[blank_end] is a group of water droplets in the atmosphere.

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cloud

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water vapor

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humidity

Question 4

[blank_start]Precipitation[blank_end] is the water that falls from clouds down to Earth.

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

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Transpiration

Question 5

The movement of water between the Earth's surface and the air is called [blank_start]the water cycle[blank_end].

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the water cycle

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water vapor

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seasons

Question 6

Puffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls.  Often have a flat bottom

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Cumulus Cloud

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Stratus Cloud

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Cirrus Cloud

Question 7

A cumulus cloud that becomes dark and thin and produces precipitation.

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Cumulonimbus

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Stratus

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Cirrus

Question 8

Clouds that form in layers.  They are often the lowest clouds and they also create fog.

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Stratus clouds

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Cirrus Clouds

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Cumulus Clouds

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Cumulonimbus Clouds

Question 9

Clouds that look thin and wispy or feathery.  Made of tiny bits of ice, usually found very high in the sky.

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Cirrus Clouds

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Stratus Clouds

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Cumulus Clouds

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Cumulonimbus Clouds

Question 10

Ice that falls to the ground

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Sleet

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Hail

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Snow

Question 11

Ice chunks that look like balls the size of a pea.

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Hail

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Sleet

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Snow

Question 12

The pattern of weather at a certain place over a long time.

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climate

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season

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weather

Question 13

A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.

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humidity

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climate

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dew

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water vapor

Question 14

A line through the center of a spinning object

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axis

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elevation

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season

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water cycle

Question 15

How high a place is

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elevation

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axis

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humidity

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season

Question 16

Time of year with different weather patterns

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season

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climate

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humidity

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water cycle

Question 17

What is water in the gas state called?

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water vapor

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condensation

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humidity

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