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Weather Test #3
Study Aid for Weather on Earth Test #3
Question | Answer |
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What word describes liquid water changing into water vapor? | evaporation |
What word describes water vapor turing back into liquid water? | condensation |
What word describes water falling from clouds to the Earth. | precipitation |
What word describes water traveling from the Earth's surface into rivers, lakes, and oceans? | runoff |
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water? | 70% |
Where is most of the Earth's water located? | in the ocean |
How much of the Earth's water is fresh water? | 3% |
What is the main cause of phase changes? | temperature change |
What forms does precipitation come in? | rain, hail, snow, sleet |
Describe the water cycle. | Water evaporates from the Earth. As the air cools, the water vapor condenses and forms clouds. The water fall from the clouds to the Earth as precipitation. The water on Earth runs off into lakes, rivers, and oceans. Some seeps into the ground. |
Water forming on the outside of a glass containing a cold drink is an example of what? | condensation |
Puddles will dry up after a rain storm because of what? | evaporation |