Water Cycle
Water in the form of gas
Water vapor
The process when liquid changes into a gas.
Evaporation
Where is most of the freshwater on Earth located?
It is trapped in glaciers (ice).
What is the process of water seeping below the surface of Earth between soil and rock?
Infiltration
What is the cyclic movement of water between the four subsystems of Earth called? (Don't overthink this one!)
The Water Cycle
What are the three processes that put water into the air?
1. Evaporation
2. Transpiration
3. Sublimation
The process when gas changes into a liquid.
Condensation.
Which process changes rain into snow? Hint: think of the states of matter for rain and snow.
Freezing
What two stages of the water cycle cause water to move from the atmosphere back down to the geosphere?
1. Precipitation
2. Deposition
True or False: Transpiration contributes the most water vapor to the atmosphere.
False! Evaporation does (90%)
Name four forms of precipitation.
1. Rain
2. Snow
3. Hail
4. Sleet
What process is responsible for the formation of clouds in the atmosphere?
Condensation
Water in the form of a solid
Ice
Freshwater that is located under the surface of Earth.
Groundwater
1. What is matter?
2. What are the three states?
1. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. Solid, liquid, gas
The process when water changes from a solid to a liquid.
Melting
Where is most of the water on Earth stored? What percent is it?
Oceans (97%)
What are the two major forces that drive the water cycle?
1. Sun (heat in the form of T.E.)
2. Gravity
The process of a gas turning directly into a solid.
Deposition
The cyclic movement of water between Earth's surface and the air.
What is the water cycle.
What is transpiration?
Liquid water is changed into water vapor in plants and released through stomata in the leaves.
How much of Earth's water is freshwater? Name the percent.
3%
What is the process of water flowing across the surface of Earth?
Runoff
What are the four subsystems of Earth?
1. Geosphere
2. Atmosphere
3. Biosphere
4. Hydrosphere
1. Is water in the water cycle ever created or destroyed?
2. State the "law" that justifies your answer!
1. No! It can only be cycled!
2. Law of Conservation of Matter