Water Cycle (a)
Water in the form of gas
water vapor
This is the mechanism through which water travels down through the ground powered by the acceleration due to gravity.
percolation.
This is is the process water filtering through the soil to reach groundwater below
Infiltration
The is the process where a solid changes directly into a gas.
sublimation
What is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle
Runoff
Name four forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.
a cloud.
State of matter when water is frozen.
a solid.
What is the process of turning from a liquid to a gas called?
What is evaporation
The combined mass of water found on, under and above the surface of the planet.
What is the hydrosphere (global water supply)
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Water is frozen and stored in __________ and stays there for a very long time
Glaciers
When water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere traps thermal energy from the Sun
What is the Greenhouse effect.
When water vapor changes to a liquid
condensation.
this is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
groundwater
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
melting.
Where is most of the water on Earth stored
Oceans
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
The percentage of the Earth that is covered by water?
What is 71%
What is it called when water travels through oceans, the atmosphere and land over and over again.
the water cycle.
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?
transpiration
This percentage of water is fresh water on Earth.
2.5%
The area of land where all the water collects and drains to
Watershed
If you can spell E................. (word for water vapour rising) you get 500 points! NO NOTES ALLOWED!!
Evaporation
What is it called when water moves from the atmosphere to the earth?
precipitation.