Vocabulary
Water Cycle Basics
Real-Life Scenarios
True or False
Challenge Questions
100
This is the continuous movement of water between the Earth's surface, atmosphere, and underground.
Hydrologic (Water) Cycle
100
The main source of energy that drives the water cycle.
The Sun
100
A puddle disappears after a sunny day. Which process occurred?
Evaporation
100
Clouds are made of water vapor.
False (they are tiny liquid water droplets or ice crystals)
100
Name two forms of precipitation.
-Rain
-Snow
-Sleet
-Hail
200
What do we call any form of water, rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls from clouds to Earth?
Precipitation
200
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this.
Precipitation
200
You notice water droplets on the outside of a cold soda can. Which process is responsible?
Condensation
200
The Sun helps drive the water cycle.
True
200
What are the three states of matter water can exist in?
Solid, liquid, and gas
300
What is the process called when liquid water turns into water vapor?
Evaporation
300
The collection of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere forms these.
Clouds
300
After heavy rain, water flows down a hill into a creek. What process is occurring?
Runoff
300
Groundwater is found above Earth's surface.
False
300
Why does condensation occur?
Waster vapor cools and changes into liquid water.
400
What is the process called when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid?
Condensation
400
Water flowing over land toward rivers, lakes, or oceans is called this.
Runoff
400
Tree roots absorb water from the soil before releasing some back into the atmosphere. What process is involved?
Transpiration
400
Transpiration only occurs in animals.
False
400
What would happen to evaporation if there were no sunlight?
It would decrease significantly.
500
What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves?
Transpiration
500
This part of the water cycle involves water gathering in oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Collection or Accumulation
500
Water seeps through soil and enters an underground aquifer. What process occurred?
Infiltration
500
Water can move through the water cycle without ever entering the ocean.
True
500
What are the elements that make up water. (Chemical formula)
Hydrogen (2)
Oxygen (1)
