Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
A diagram drawn for this example.
According to the diagram, what comes immediately after clouds?- Read the parts that are easy to skip first: the title, the boxes, and the words on the arrows. In this diagram the boxes are stages, and the words on the arrows are the processes that move water from one stage to the next.
- Find the box that says Clouds.
- Follow the one arrow leaving it. It is labeled precipitation, and it points to “Rain and snow on the land.”
- “Immediately after” means one arrow, not two. Water in oceans and lakes is two arrows away, so it is not the answer.
Answer: Rain and snow on the land
Example 2
A diagram drawn for this example.
According to the diagram, which process changes water in oceans and lakes into water vapor in the air?- The question names two stages. Find both boxes: water in oceans and lakes, and water vapor in the air.
- Find the arrow that goes from the first box to the second. The process is written on that arrow.
- The arrow says evaporation: liquid water turning into a gas and rising into the air.
- Condensation is the reverse, vapor turning back into tiny drops, and it is on a different arrow.
Answer: Evaporation
Where this is taught: Look Again Quiz 4: Diagrams and Models
In your Kaplan book: Unit 4, Chapter 1, Lesson 1: Comprehend Scientific Presentations · Map of the Terrain, topic 4: Diagrams and models
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
Read what is in the box first, if there is one. Then tap your answer; a few questions ask you to choose words from a drop-down instead, the way the GED test does. Press Check my answers at the bottom.Read what is in the box first, if there is one. Circle your answer; where there are brackets, circle the choice that fits. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.