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 seeping into the cracks of the ground
Infiltration
What percent of the water on Earth is Fresh water
2.5-3%
Top layer of soil
Organic horizon/humus layer
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
Under the humus layer/2nd layer
Top soil/ A horizon
A body of water surrounded by land
Lake
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
Deposited minerals and metal salts/underneath topsoil
Subsoil/B horizon
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
melting.
When solid ice turns to water vapor
sublimation
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
When liquid water turns to water vapor
evaporation
Partly weathered rock above the last layer
C horizon/Parent rock
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
A storage area of the water cycle
What is a reservoir?
What is the process of water being carried from one surface to another
what is Runoff
Bottom layer of soil/unweathered parent rock
R horizon/ Bedrock