Unit 11.1
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The Water Cycle
11.1 Review Questions
Choose the letter of the best answer. Also, put the page number of where you
found the answer.
1. Which of these substances is a liquid form of precipitation?
A. hail
B. rain
C. sleet
D. snow
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2. The diagram below shows water droplets that have formed on cold grass.
Which process occurred when the water droplets formed on the grass?
A. condensation
B. deposition
C. evaporation
D. sublimation
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3. As water changes state, the water either absorbs or releases energy. Which of
these answers is a process that releases energy?
A. snow melting
B. ice subliming
C. lake water freezing
D. ocean water evaporating
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Unit 11.1
4. Tai grows plants in a container called a terrarium, as shown below. He keeps the
terrarium on a sunny windowsill.
The terrarium is closed, so Tai cannot add water to the plants. However, the plants
have enough water to grow. Which of these statements best explains why the
plants always have enough water?
A. The air cannot hold all of the water vapor.
B. Water is unable to evaporate from the soil.
C. Energy from the sun cycles water through the soil, the plants, and the air.
D. The plants take up water and store it in their stems and leaves.
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5. Water can be added to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation, or
transpiration. Which of these answers lists the three processes in order from the
process that adds the least water to the process that adds the most water?
A. evaporation, sublimation, transpiration
B. sublimation, transpiration, evaporation
C. sublimation, evaporation, transpiration
D. transpiration, sublimation, evaporation
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