Vocabulary
water that falls from clouds as either rain, sleet, snow, or hail
precipitation
What are the three states water can be in?
solid, liquid and gas
first step in the water cycle
evaporation
What type of water is stored in most of the oceans?
salt water
the process of water vapor losing energy and changing into a liquid
condensation
the process of liquid water gaining energy and turning it into a gas known as water vapor
Evaporation
71% of the Earth's surface is covered in oceans. True or False.
True
second step in the water cycle
transpiration
What type of water is stored in lakes, rivers and ponds?
fresh water
Examples are oceans, glaciers and ice, groundwater, lakes and rivers, reservoirs, soil moisture, living organisms, atmosphere
water storage
plants absorbing water through their roots and releasing it as gas through their leaves
transpiration
the process by which water circulates between the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere and land
the water cycle
third step in the water cycle
condensation
Liquid water turning into a gas is called?
Water vapor
the process of snow or ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water. Changing a solid to a gas
sublimation
Water that soaks into the ground
Groundwater
comes from the Sun, drives the water cycle
heat/energy
fourth step in the water cycle
precipitation
Clouds are formed at which point of the water cycle?
Condensation
The downward process of moving water from the land surface into soil or porous rock
infiltration
water that stays on the surface
runoff
Plants release water through their what?
Stomata
run off
All the water there is in the world has been used for millions of years. True or False.
True
another name for ground water usually describes water bearing formations
aquifer