Vocabulary
The process where liquid water changes into vapor
Evaporation
During evaporation, molecules move in this direction.
What is upward into the atmosphere?
Evaporation changes water from a liquid to this state.
Gas
As particles heat up how does this effect their energy
It increases their energy
Where does most evaporation occur on earth?
The oceans
The release of water vapor from plants’ leaves.
Transpiration
In transpiration, water molecules exit through this part of the plant.
Leaves
Condensation changes water from gas to this state.
liquid
As particles cool down how does it affect their energy
It decreases their energy
What is the main driving force of the water cycle
sunlight
The process where water vapor cools and forms droplets.
Condensation
In condensation, molecules slow down and gather into these.
Droplets/clouds
Crystallization changes water from liquid to this state.
solid
heating up, spreading out, and rising
If a step were to go missing out of the water cycle what would happen?
It would break or cease to exist
The release of water vapor from animals
Respiration
In precipitation, particles are pulled downward by this force.
Gravity
The presence of heat from the sun
The change of temperature
During condensation what is happening to the particle movement
Particles getting cold, bunch up, get heavy
The water cycle has no beginning or end, making it this type of process.
Continuous
The process where liquid water freezes into solid ice.
Crystallization
Groundwater molecules seep into these underground storage areas.
Aquifers
Precipitation involves water falling in these two states.
liquid or solid
How does temperature affect energy?
The water cycle connects Earth and this layer above it.
What is the atmosphere?