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2. A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals

3. What is a Cloud?

4. Continuous movement of water into the air and ground, onto and over land and back

5. What is the Water Cycle?

6. A measurement of how hot or cold something is

7. What is temperature?

8. Liquid in the air in the form of a gas

9. What is vapor?

10. Condensation that occurs outdoors due to warmer air striking a colder surface

11. What is dew?

12. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees

13. What is rain?

14. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is below 32 degrees

15. What is snow?

16. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees, but the ground is frozen

17. What is frost?

18. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees, but the air just above the ground is below 32 degrees

19. What is sleet?

20. Frozen rain that falls to ground

21. What is hail?

22. What is happing between the letters C and D?

23. What is Evaporation?

24. What is happening between letters A and B?

25. What is precipitation?

26. What is happening between letters D and A?

27. What is Condensation?

28. Which of the following is an example of condensation occurring in the water cycle? A. water flowing down a river B. underground water soaked into rocks C. ocean water changing to water vapor D. clouds or dew forming

29. What is (D.) clouds or dew forming

30. Which of the following charts correctly shows the information displayed in the graph? A B D C

31. What is table D?

32. How does water vapor in the air return to Earth? A. it evaporates and is blown by the wind B. it evaporates and forms clouds C. it condenses then precipitates as rain D. it sticks to any surface it comes in contact with

33. What is ( C ) it condenses then precipitates as rain

34. On a warm, sunny day, a student noticed a cold can of pop had water droplets running down the sides. The student wrote about this in her science journal. Which of the following would be the best topic sentence for the student’s journal? A. Water vapor condenses when it’s cooled. B. Water vapor evaporates when it’s cooled. C. Water vapor condenses when it’s heated. D. Water vapor conjugates when it’s cooled.

35. What is (A) Water vapor condenses when it’s cooled.

36. Which would be most helpful to farmers? A. rainfall that evaporates quickly B. rainfall that runs off the land quickly C. rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly D. very little rainfall

37. What is (C.) rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly

38. Predict what might happen to a river when heavy rains soak the soil near it. The river will A. sink B. rise C. freeze D. not change

39. What is (B.) rise

40. Many Utah towns use water from wells for drinking. How does water get into wells? A. it has to be poured into them from water tanks B. rain sinks down through the soil into them C. it is pumped by large engines D. it evaporates from the interior of the earth

41. What is (B.) rain sinks down through the soil into them

42. Where is most water found on Earth? A. in glaciers B. in lakes C. in rivers D. in oceans

43. What is (D.) in oceans

44. What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth's surface? A. volcanoes B. sun C. lightning D. wind

45. What is (B.) sun

46. What is water vapor doing when it changes to water? A. evaporating B. condensing C. precipitating D. freezing

47. What is (B.) Condensing

48. What is water doing when it falls to earth? A. evaporating B. condensing C. precipitating D. freezing

49. What is (C.) precipitating

50. On what kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond? A. cold, rainy B. cold, sunny C. warm, rainy D. warm, sunny