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The water cycle is a continuous process that circulates water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Understanding this cycle is essential for grasping Earth's ecosystems, weather patterns, and freshwater availability. Solar energy is the primary driver of the water cycle.

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The water cycle is a continuous process that circulates water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Understanding this cycle is essential for grasping Earth's ecosystems, weather patterns, and freshwater availability. Solar energy is the primary driver of the water cycle.

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The Water Cycle: A Natural Process

The water cycle, also known as the hydrological cycle, is a continuous and essential natural process that
circulates water throughout the Earth's atmosphere. This cycle involves several key stages:

1. Evaporation: Solar energy heats the Earth's surface, causing water from oceans, lakes, and rivers
to evaporate into water vapor.

2. Condensation: As the water vapor rises into the atmosphere, it cools and condenses into tiny
water droplets, forming clouds.

3. Precipitation: When the water droplets in the clouds combine and grow heavy enough, they fall
to the Earth as precipitation, which includes rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

4. Runoff: Precipitation that falls on the Earth's surface flows over the land, collecting in rivers,
lakes, and oceans, completing the cycle.

Understanding the water cycle is crucial for comprehending Earth's ecosystems, weather patterns, and
the availability of freshwater resources.

Questions:

1. What is the primary source of energy driving the water cycle?

A. Wind

B. Solar energy

C. Geothermal heat

D. Ocean currents

E. Tidal forces

2. Which stage involves the conversion of water vapor into clouds?

A. Evaporation

B. Condensation

C. Precipitation

D. Runoff

E. Infiltration

3. What happens during the precipitation stage of the water cycle?

A. Water vapor rises into the atmosphere.

B. Water droplets combine and form clouds.

C. Solar energy heats the Earth's surface.

D. Water droplets fall to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.


E. Water flows over the land, collecting in rivers and oceans.

4. Where does the runoff stage of the water cycle take place?

A. In the atmosphere

B. In the oceans

C. On the Earth's surface

D. Inside clouds

E. In underground aquifers

5. What is the significance of understanding the water cycle?

A. It helps in predicting earthquakes.

B. It influences the growth of plants.

C. It contributes to the formation of volcanoes.

D. It impacts the availability of freshwater resources.

E. It determines the rotation of the Earth.

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