Vocabulary
When plants release water vapor into the air through tiny pores in their leaves, it is called this
Transpiration
This force pulls all forms of precipitation back down to the earth's surface....and it is the same force that is responsible for keeping us on the ground
gravity
This is when gravity pulls water down into the earth, through soil and rock layers
When water vapor cools down and turns back into tiny water drops it is called this
Condensation
This force heats water up and lifts it into the atmosphere as vapor
Solar Energy
Gravity pulls rainwater downhill across hillsides, streams, and rivers until it returns to the oceans.
Surface Runoff
This is stored in clouds and when the clouds get too heavy, it falls back down to the earth in forms such as rain, snow, sleet and hail
Precipitation
As the water molecules are heated up, they gain energy and move faster and spread apart. They turn from a liquid into an invisible gas called ...
Water Vapor
This is when water warms up and turns into an invisible water vapor
Evaporation
The sun gives off heat energy, which heats the water and can cause skin problems like sunburn and in worst cases, skin cancer
Solar Radiation
Will Earth ever run out of water? Explain
No, because the same amount of water that evaporates into the atmosphere matches the amount that falls back as precipitation. Solar Energy and Gravity work together to keep it balanced.
Please put these stages of the water cycle in order
Water Vapor cools high in the air and condenses into a cloud.
Gravity pulls heavy droplets to the ground as rain.
Surface runoff flows downhill through rivers back into the oceans.
Sunlight warms ocean water, turning liquid into water vapor
1. Sunlight warms ocean water, turning liquid into water vapor
2. Water vapor cools high in the air and condenses into a cloud
3. Gravity pulls heavy droplets to the ground as rain
4. Surface runoff flows downhill through rivers back into the ocean.