Phases of the Water Cycle | Forms of Water | States of Matter | Extended Questions |
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Evaporation
What is the name of the process that occurs when water is heated, and it changes from liquid to a gas?
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Rain
What is the form of precipitation that falls when the clouds become too heavy to hold it and the temperature is above freezing?
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Solid, Liquid and Gas
What are the three forms of matter?
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The sun
Where does the water cycle get its energy from?
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Condensation
What is the name of the process that occurs when water is cooled, and it changes from a gas to a liquid?
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Dew
What are drops of water that condense on the ground called?
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Liquid
What form of matter is an ocean?
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Drinking, Farming, Transportation, Recreation, Cooking, Cleaning, Generate Electricity
What are five ways we use water?
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Water Vapor
What is the name of the gas that forms during evaporation?
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Fog
What is a cloud that forms very close to the earth?
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Gas
What form of matter is fog?
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There is only about 3 percent of water on Earth that is freshwater, and an even smaller amount that is available for human use.
Since there is so much water on earth, why do we need to conserve water?
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Clouds
When many droplets of water combine together with water vapor and dust, it forms ______________.
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Frost
What are drops of water that condense on the ground when the temperature is below freezing called?
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True
True or False: Water is the only substance on earth that is found naturally as a solid, liquid and gas.
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Salt is a solid, so it cannot be evaporated. During the evaporation process, it only takes pure water, not the salt from the oceans.
Why doesn't it rain salt water?
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Transpiration
What is the process that occurs when water evaporates from plants?
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Sleet
What is frozen rain?
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In between a liquid and a gas
What form of matter is mist?
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The water cycle is a process. It has 3 main parts, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Water goes through these parts over and over, and never ends.
What is the water cycle?
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