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Water Cycle Study Guide
Quiz – December 7, 2009

Reread pages D38-47 in science textbook, handouts, and notes

Vocabulary – evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, 
infiltration, run-off, water cycle, and groundwater

•	What drives the water cycle?
•	What are the three main clouds?
•	Describe each cloud? 
•	What are three examples of what could happen to water when is 
reaches the ground?
•	How does temperature play a role in precipitation?
•	Clouds are made up of _______________ or _______________?
•	What are the three states of water?
•	What is fog?
•	How is hail formed?
•	How are clouds formed?
•	What does Nimbus mean?
•	What percentage of the Earth’s water is fresh and what percentage is 
salt water?