Water Cycle (a)
The components that make up water
hydrogen and oxygen
When liquid changes slowly to a gas.
evaporation.
The continual movement of water between the land, ocean and the air
water cycle
when clouds form it is called
condensation
What is percolation?
The process by which water moves downward through the soil under gravitational forces
When water flows over the Earth's surface and gathers in lakes, oceans, and streams.
runoff
Ice crystals form in what ?
clouds.
Which process changes rain into snow.
freezing.
The amount of Earth's surface covered by water.
75%
Rain that falls and partially freezes is called?
sleet.
Name the four forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
The 3 different forms water is found
solid, liquid and gas
When water is in a gas state.
water vapor.
Undrinkable water
salt water
A cycle
A process that repeats itself
Water absorbs heat energy from the sun and turns into
a gas or vapor.
The rate of evaporation increases as the temperature
increases
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
2 factors that make water vapors fall to the ground as precipitation
wind or temperature change
what is it called when rain, snow, sleet, or hail fall from the sky
precipitation.
When water vapor in the air is changed into a liquid.
condensation.
Through evaporation, water moves to the
atmosphere (clouds)
What is the sun doing to the ocean?
heating up the water and changing it to a gas.
The evaporation of water through minute pores in the leaves of plants
transpiration
the water vapors change into very tiny particles of ice and water droplets because of
lower or colder temperatures