Water Cycle 1
The water cycle is driven by gravity and the ______.
sun
the cooling process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
condensation
This is is the process of water being soaked into the ground
Infiltration
What force pulls water from clouds down to earth in the form of precipitation?
Gravity
After precipitation falls to the Earth, water can travel through rivers and lakes to eventually reach this large body of water.
The ocean
This is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
Ground water
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process.
transpiration
the gas form of water
Water Vapor
Where does most of the earths evaporation come from
oceans
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
What causes clouds to form?
Water vapor rising into the air and cooling back into liquid water drops.
Water in the form of gas
water vapor
Name two forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
When water vapor turns into a liquid in the atmosphere it forms...
a cloud.
any form of water that falls from the clouds
precipitation
True or False: the water cycle never stops
True
What part of the water cycle depends on gravity to move water across land?
Runoff
When water moves from the sky to the earth
precipitation.
What is water found underground called?
Ground Water
True or False? Water is created during the Water Cycle
False
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
When liquid water turns to water vapor
evaporation
What type of precipitation falls as frozen crystals?
Snow
The process of condensation is when a gas turns into a ...
Liquid
The cycle in which Earth's water moves through the environment
Water Cycle
the heating process by which a liquid changes into a gas
Evaporation
List the water cycle steps in order
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, (collection)
What is the process of water being carried from one surface to another
what is Runoff
Why does condensation occur at higher altitudes?
Air cools
Why is the water cycle considered a cycle and not a straight path?
Water keeps moving and repeating the same process.