Vocabulary
When certain locations around the world don't get enough precipitation they suffer thru
drought
Water that is released by plants as a form of water vapor is known as
transpiration
What do you need to begin the water cycle
What is the sun and/or collection of water
A large, slow-moving accumulation solid form of water thats in Antarctica.
glacier
These animals once drank the same water that we do
dinosaurs
When the sun heats up liquids all over the world and then turns into water vapor-- liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
What objects are formed when water vapor condenses
clouds
In what stage does water vapor (gas) turn back into a liquid?
condensation
Water is constantly doing this
moving
What are the forms of condensation that may be seen
frost, fog, mist, dew, clouds
Evaporation happens at cool temperatures. True or False?
False
The Sun's energy drives the water cycle by heating up oceans and lakes, causing this invisible gas to rise into the atmosphere?
water vapor
In which stage does water fall back to earth?
precipitation
This is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
water cycle
What are the forms of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, and hail
When a gas changes into a liquid
condensation
Double Jeopardy In which area would the rate of evaporation of water be the lowest- Mountains, Oceans, Deserts
Deserts due to lack of water
I provide the heat and the water cycle couldn't happen without me
sun
What do you get when you have rain falling through a very cold pocket of around 0 degrees celsius of air before it reaches the ground?
sleet
When precipitation runs off into the oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater
collection
Which is an example of precipitation? Dew, Fog, Frost. Hail
Hail
In which order does the water cycle circulate?
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, (and accumulation)
The flow of water that is underground is known as
groundwater flow
Double Jeopardy. What are the the two types of condensation that collect one the ground or on car windshields without a form of precipitation
dew and frost