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
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?
transpiration
This percentage of water is fresh water on Earth..
3%
Animals contibute to the water cycle through this process?
respiration
Water molecules consist of these components
two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
What is it called when water moves from the atmosphere to the earth?
precipitation.
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.
Where does water vapor in the atmosphere come from?
evaporation from lakes, rivers, and oceans.
This is a place where water is stored
Reservoir
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
This is the amount of time a molecule of water reamains in a reservoir?
residence time.
What is it called when water travels through oceans, the atmosphere and land over and over again.
the water cycle.
This occurs when a gas is directly converted into a solid?
deposition
The largest glaciers and ice sheets are found here
Greenland
The water cycle moves ____________.
continuously or never stops; repeats.
When water vapor changes to a liquid
condensation.
this is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
groundwater