Water Cycle Vocabulary
What process changes liquid water into water vapor?
Evaporation
The Sun heats ocean water. What happens next?
The liquid water evaporates and changes into water vapor.
A puddle dries up on a hot day.
Evaporation
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
True or False: Water disappears when it evaporates
False
What process happens when water vapor cools?
Condensation
Water vapor rises and cools. What happens next?
The water vapor changes back into a liquid and clouds form.
Tiny water droplets form on a cold cup.
What state of matter is ice?
Solid
True or false: The sun provides energy for the water cycle.
True
What is Precipitation?
When clouds become heavy and water falls back down to Earth.
Clouds form. What is the next process to happen ?
They get heavy and precipitation begins.
Snow falls from a cloud.
Precipitation
What state of matter is water vapor?
Gas
A student says clouds are made of water vapor. What's wrong with this statement?
Clouds are made of water droplets.
What is transpiration?
When plants release water from their leaves
Rain falls onto Earth's surface. Where can the water go?
Water can collect in rivers, lakes and oceans.
A plant releases water vapor through its leaves.
Transpiration
What happens to water when it freezes?
It changes from a liquid to a solid
Explain why water can go through the water cycle without being destroyed.
Water is just changing states of matter
Explain the difference between evaporation and condenstation.
Evaporation is when liquid water turns into water vapor and condensation is when water vapor turns into liquid water and clouds form.
Explain the water cycle from beginning to end? * Don't forget about Transpiration
Evaporation- The sun evaporates water and changes the liquid water into water vapor
Condensation- When water vapor cools and water droplets form making clouds.
Precipitation- Water falls back down to Earth
Transpiration- When plants release water from the leaves and then it changes to water vapor
Give your own example of a water cycle process.
Ex. A puddle on a hot day evaporates.
Answers vary.
What happens to ice when it melts?
It changes from a solid to a liquid.
Explain how evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration are connected.
They are all apart of the water cycle ; they all recycle water