The Water Cycle
Key Concepts
Vocabulary
From the Readings
Galetown
100
This process within the water cycle, responsible for most of the water entering Earth’s atmosphere, is powered almost entirely by the Sun.
Evaporation
100
The troposphere is ________ the higher you go.
colder
100
A measure of how hot or cold something is
Temperature
100
Dr. Joanne Simpson became famous for studying what?
Clouds
100
This was added near their city and was a factor in Galetown having more severe rainstorms
A lake
200
Clouds form during this stage of the water cycle when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid droplets.
condensation
200
Energy transfers from warm air to cold air until their temperatures become_________________.
Equal
200
the process by which a liquid changes into a gas
evaporation
200
Where did the Great Flood of 1862 happen?
California
200
Another factor in the more severe rainstorms was the higher than average __________
temperatures
300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this part of the water cycle.
precipitation
300
What is an important cause of rainfall?
Surface water, temp or wind
300
Conditions such as rain, clouds and wind at a particular time and place
Weather
300
The more energy that is released from the air parcel leads to what happening to the size of the cloud?
increase in size
300
How many storms in our data table occurred after the lake was put in?
Three
400
What force keeps the process of water moving downward?
Gravity
400
The warmer an air parcel is, the ________ it will rise into the troposphere.
Higher
400
Something we observe to be similar over and over again
Pattern
400
What type of rain do we experiance the most here in Pennsylvania?
Frontal Rain
400
Which storm in the data table had the highest wind strength?
Storm 4
500
What is the process called when plants pull in water from the soil through their roots?
Transpiration
500
When the ______ has lost enough energy and become ____ enough, water vapor in the parcel condenses, forming a cloud.
air parcel, cold
500
To move from one object to another or one place to another
Transfer
500
Rain that forms by moving over a mountain range. Parts of Hawaii are a good example of this.
Orographic rain
500
Use the data table below and explain why each of the first 3 storms did not have as much rain as Storm 4.
Storm 1 had low surface water and light winds. Storm 2 had a lower temperature than the rest. Storm 3 had light winds.