Water Vapor and Evaporation
This process allows water vapor to enter the atmosphere from oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water.
What is evaporation?
This process occurs when water vapor changes into liquid water.
What is condensation?
This process occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
This process describes how water moves through Earth's systems.
What is the water cycle?
This term refers to the long-term weather patterns in an area, including temperature and precipitation.
What is climate?
During evaporation, this energy source heats water molecules, causing them to speed up
What is the sun?
For condensation to occur, these tiny particles must be present in the atmosphere.
What are condensation nuclei (or particles like salt crystals, dust, or smoke)?
This term describes any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
This energy source heats land and bodies of water, influencing the amount of water in the atmosphere.
What is the sun?
This type of area typically has little water moving through the water cycle.
What is a dry area?
As water molecules heat up during evaporation, they collide more frequently, allowing some to do this.
What is escape into the air?
This term describes the temperature at which condensation begins.
What is the dew point?
The most common form of precipitation, especially in warm climates, is what?
What is rain?
This process involves water rising up to form clouds through various methods, including evaporation and transpiration.
hat is the process of water vaporization?
In Antarctica, the year-round freezing temperatures limit this process from occurring.
What is evaporation?
This process describes how plants release water vapor into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
When warm air cools, the amount of this in the air decreases, leading to condensation.
What is water vapor?
In colder regions, precipitation frequently falls as what?
What is snow or ice?
These are the forms of water that fall from clouds to Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
Moving west from the Mojave Desert to the California coast, you would notice a shift to this type of climate.
What is a cooler, more humid climate?
Animals (including humans) release water vapor into the air during this everyday activity.
What is respiration?
When water vapor condenses near ground level, it forms this atmospheric phenomenon.
What is fog?
This type of precipitation forms when rain falls through a layer of cold air and freezes into ice before reaching the ground.
What is sleet?
After precipitation, water can run off the surface or enter the ground through this process.
What is infiltration?
This term refers to the temperature at which air becomes saturated and condensation occurs.
What is dew point?