Water Cycle States of Matter
Water Cycle Storage
Water Cycle Facts
Water Cycle Steps
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100

Water in the form of gas

water vapor

100

This is the mechanism through which water travels down through the ground.

infiltration

100

The fraction of the Earth that is covered by water?

3/4

100

This is is the process water filtering through the soil to reach groundwater below

Infiltration

100

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

200

State of matter when water is frozen.

a solid.

200

This is water that moves under the Earth's surface?

groundwater

200

Time for a duck drawing competition!

You have 1 minute to draw the best duck you can!

YAY

200

If you can spell E................. (word for water vapour rising) you get 200 points!

Evaporation

200

What is it called when water moves from the atmosphere to the earth?

precipitation.

300

What is the process of turning from a liquid to a gas called?

What is evaporation

300

A group of water droplets gathered in the atmosphere.

a cloud.

300

This percentage of the water on Earth is fresh water.

About 3%

300

Name three forms of precipitation.

rain, hail, and snow.

300

This is when water gathers together on the ground.

Accumulation

400

When water changes from a solid to a liquid.

melting.

400

Where is most of the water on Earth stored

Oceans

400

The energy source that drives the water cycle.

the Sun

400

This is where a solid turns directly into a gas

Sublimation

400

What is it called when water travels through oceans, the atmosphere and land over and over again.

the water cycle.

500

When water vapor changes to a liquid

condensation.

500

The largest pieces of frozen water are called this.

glaciers

500

When water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere traps thermal energy from the Sun, the Greenhouse Effect happens, causing this.

Global Warming

500

Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?

transpiration

500

The _____ powers the water cycle

The sun

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