Vocabulary
True/False
Water World
Water Cycle
This and That
100
This is water in the form of gas
What is water vapor
100
Water covers about 1/4 or 25% of the Earth's surface.
False (3/4 or 75%)
100
This is what happens when water changes from a liquid into a solid.
What is "freezes"
100
This is the process in the water cycle where liquid water turns into a gas.
What is evaporation
100
This is water stored in soil and rock.
What is "ground water"
200
This means to soak up or take in...
What is "absorb"
200
Most of the Earth's fresh water is found in glaciers and ice caps.
True
200
This is what happens when water changes from a solid to a liquid.
What is "melt"
200
This is the process in the water cycle where water vapor cools and turns back into a liquid.
What is condensation
200
When sunlight bends around water droplets in the air it creates this.
What is a "rainbow"
300
This is a mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the air...
What is a cloud.
300
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all kinds of gases.
False (They are all kinds of precipitation)
300
This is what forms when the air cools and water vapor condenses.
What is "clouds"
300
This is the process in the water cycle where liquid water falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet or hail.
What is precipitation
300
These are the 3 states of matter
What is solid, liquid and gas
400
This is a huge, slow-moving mass of ice and snow.
What is a glacier.
400
When water evaporates it turns into a liquid.
False (it turns into a gas)
400
Lakes, rivers, and streams are examples of...
What is "surface water"
400
This is the process in the water cycle that is the collection of water in lakes, rivers and oceans.
What is accumulation (collection)
400
This is something found in nature that is valuable and useful to living things.
What is a "resource"
500
This is water on land that is carried by gravity to streams and rivers.
What is "run-off"
500
The humidity is high when the air contains a lot of dew.
False (when it contains a lot of water vapor)
500
This is the major source of energy for the water cycle...
What is "the sun"
500
This is the constant movement of water between Earth and the atmosphere
What is The Water Cycle
500
This is evaporation of water through holes in leaves and plants.
What is "transpiration"
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