Water Cycle (a)
Water Cycle (b)
Water Cycle (c)
Water Cycle (d)
Water Cycle (e)
100

Water in the form of gas

What is water vapor

100
When liquid changes slowly to a gas.
What is evaporation.
100

What is the sun doing to the ocean? 

What is heating up the water and changing it to a gas. 

100
Clouds form when water vapor ________________.
What is condenses.
100

what is the first step of the water cycle?

What is water is heated by the sun and turned into water vapor. 

200
When water flows over the Earth's surface and gathers in lakes, oceans, and streams.
What is runoff
200
When gas changes to a liquid.
What is condensation.
200
Which process changes rain into snow.
What is freezing.
200

Why does precipitation happen? 

What is the water condenses and falls from the atmosphere. 

200

Rain that falls and partially freezes is called? 

What is sleet.

300

Name the four forms of precipitation.

What is rain, hail, sleet, and snow.

300

A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.

What is a cloud.

300
When water is in a gas state.
What is water vapor.
300
Where does water vapor in the atmosphere originally come from?
What are lakes, rivers, and oceans.
300

Solar energy does what to water? 

What is turns it into water vapor. 

400

When water changes from a solid to a liquid.

What is melt.

400

The sun does what to the water cycle? 

What is provide energy.


400
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
What is the Sun
400
What is the term used when water evaporates from the leaves of plants?
What is transpiration.
400

The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

What is the precipitation. 

500

When water is released from plants.

What is transpiration. 

500

What are the three solid forms of precipitation? 

What is snow, sleet, and hail.

500

Where does the main source of water for the water cycle come from? 

What is the ocean. 

500
When water vapor changes to a liquid
What is condensation.
500

Water in lakes and rivers that does not contain salt-

What is fresh water.

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