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Water Cycle
Question: What is the the process by which liquid becomes gas?
Answer: Evaporation
Question: What is the pushing force of air called?
Answer: Air pressure
Question: Where does water move back and forth from on the Earth?
Answer: From its surface to its atmosphere and back
Question: What happens to evaporation when the temperature goes up?
Answer: Evaporation speeds up
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Question: What is the process by which gas becomes liquid?
Answer: condensation
Question: What is moving air called?
Answer: Wind
Question: What two things are clouds made of?
Answer: Droplets of water and ice crystals
Question: Name gases in the atmosphere other than nitrogen.
Answer: Oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor
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Question: What is liquid water called when it falls from the sky?
Answer: Precipitation
Question: What is the water cycle powered by?
Answer: The Sun
Question: What is the Earth's atmosphere made mostly of?
Answer: Nitrogen
Question: Explain why water is always being recycled.
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Question: What are the four types of precipitation?
Answer: Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
Question: What is the blanket of air that surrounds the Earth called?
Answer: Atmosphere
Question: Which way does a land breeze blow?
Answer: From the land to the sea
Question: Explain the water cycle in your own words.
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Question: What is formed in the sky during condensation?
Answer: Clouds
Question: How is the atmosphere kept close to the Earth?
Answer: Gravity
Question: Which way does a sea breeze blow?
Answer: From the sea to the land
Question: Name the three steps of the water cycle we discussed.
Answer: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
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