The Water Cycle
When water heats up and changes into water vapor this is called what?
Evaporation
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is?
Weathering
A pile of sand created by wind and waves.
Sand Dune
Water in the form of a gas is called?
Water Vapor
A student recorded the time it took for all the water in a puddle on a sidewalk to evaporate after a rain. Which kind of energy causes water to evaporate?
A. Light energy from streetlights
B. Sound energy from passing cars
C. Thermal energy from the environment
D. Mechanical energy from nearby streets.
C. Thermal energy from the environment
When water in the atmosphere fall back to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail this is called what?
Precipitation
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is?
Erosion
A narrow V-shaped valley with steep sides; usually created by a rivers weathering and erosion.
Canyon
Rock that has been weathered into tiny pieces. What are these pieces called?
Sediment
Earth continuously rotates on its axis while also moving in an orbit. About how much time does it take for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis?
A. 24 hours
B. 30 Days
C. 60 minutes
D. 365 Days
A. 24 hours
When water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water that gathers together in the atmosphere in the form of a cloud this is called what?
Condensation
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean is?
Deposition
A large body of slow moving ice which alters the land and forms U-shaped valleys.
Glacier
High, rocky landform, usually with steep sides formed by the shifting and colliding of tectonic plates.
Mountain
When water gathering in large bodies such as lakes, rivers, ponds, etc. This is called what?
Accumulation
DAILY TRIPLE (points x3)
Answer every question
1. Deltas forming at the mouth of a river is?
2. Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks apart is?
3. Rock being made smooth by tumbling across a streambed is?
1. Deposition
2. Weathering
3. Weathering
A cone shaped mountain formed out of rock and magma thrown up from inside the Earth, frequently with an opening at the top.
Volcano
A stand alone land formation that has a flat top and steep rock walls, that are formed by wind and water weathering is called a?
Mesa
When water within plants heats up and is released as water vapor into the environment this is called what?
Transpiration
Define Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Erosion - Th movement and carrying of sediment to a new location.
Deposition - The depositing or dropping of sediment in a new location.
Land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers is a?
Delta
DAILY DOUBLE
Describe and define the 6 vocabulary words involved in the Water Cycle.
Evaporation - the process of water on earths surface heats up and turns into a gas (water vapor).
Transpiration - the process of water within plants being evaporated and turned into gas (water vapor).
Condensation - the process of water vapor (gas) cooling down and turning into liquid water.
Precipitation - the process of liquid water falling to the Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Runoff - the process of water draining away from the land down hills, mountains, etc.
Accumulation - the process of water gathering and collecting in large bodies of waters like rivers, lakes, ponds, etc.