Evaporation
When the sun heats up liquid water, this process occurs.
What is evaporation?
The amount of the Earth's surface that is covered by water.
What is 3/4?
When water vapor changes into water droplets.
What is condensation?
Water that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
What is precipitation?
What weather instrument measures the temperature?
What is a thermometer?
Evaporation turns liquid water into
What is water vapor?
All living things need this in order to stay alive and healthy?
What is water?
During condensation water is changed from a gas to a ________.
What is a liquid?
Any moisture that falls to the ground from clouds is called _____________?
What is precipitation?
What weather instrument measures precipitation?
What is a rain gauge?
When water evaporates it turns into a ________.
What is a gas?
To take in or soak up water.
What is absorption?
The tiny water droplets form ____________.
What are clouds?
When liquid water falls from clouds it is called _________?
What is rain?
Which weather instrument measures wind?
The main heat source that causes evaporation to occur.
What is the sun?
The is the origin of energy that drives the Water Cycle.
What is the Sun?
Because wind moves clouds and storms around, water often falls in ___________ places.
What are different places?
When water vapor freezes it falls as ___________?
What is snow?
A form of matter that does not keep its shape but always takes up the same amount of space.
What is a liquid
Evaporation takes place mostly in _______ and ________.
What are lakes and oceans?
Most of the water that is evaporated on Earth comes from ________.
What are oceans?
________ temperatures cause condensation of water vapor.
What are cooler temperatures
When pieces of ice form in the clouds from rain or snow, they fall as ________?
What are hail?
A measure of how hot or cold a substance is
What is temperature