Water Cycle
When water changes from liquid to gas...
evaporation
Where does the water cycle happen?
In Earth's ATMOSPHERE.
The density pyramid shows that air pressure is HIGHEST (the most) at the ______________.
bottom
air masses
Climates are based mostly on which 2 weather phenomena?
temperature and precipitation
When water loses heat/thermal energy it cools into...
What does water have to do in order to create a cloud (the process of condensation)?
COOL down (lose heat energy)
If you live near the equator, your weather on most days should be ___________ and ____________.
hot and humid
An air mass that is created near the equator over land will be ___________ and ______________.
warm and dry
The farther a location is AWAY from the equator, the ____________ the climate will be.
colder
The 3 types of evaporation are:
regular evaporation from oceans, transpiration from plants, and perspiration from animals
After clouds are formed, what happens next in the water cycle?
precipitation
If you live near an ocean where a WARM surface water current travels, your weather and climates may be ______________ than other areas farther away from the ocean.
warmer
When a cold air mass pushes into a warm air mass, it makes a _______________ front.
COLD
The higher the elevation (altitude), the _____________ the climate.
colder
What supplies the ENERGY to power the water cycle?
The Sun
What part of the water cycle makes groundwater and aquifers?
infiltration
The 6 factors that create weather are: temperature, humidity, clouds, precipitation, __________, and __________.
air pressure and wind
If it is 50 degrees today, 48 degrees tomorrow, then 62 degrees the next day, which type of front has moved into the area by the 3rd day?
WARM front
TRUE
What makes liquid water evaporate?
It GAINS heat/thermal energy (from the sun).
The correct science term for 'collection' is ____________.
Runoff
If the isobar lines on a map are very close together, the wind will be ______________.
fast/strong
All fronts make what happen?
Changes in weather, with clouds and possible precipitation.
The sun's thermal/heat energy is lowest at which points on the Earth?
The North and South poles.