Phase Changes and Energy
What process changes water vapor into liquid water?
Condesation
What is the layer of gases surrounding Earth?
Answer: Atmosphere
What is a long period with very little rainfall?
Answer: Drought
Water falling from clouds is called what?
Answer: Precipitation
What process changes liquid water into water vapor?
Answer: Evaporation
What phase change turns a solid into a liquid
Answer: Melting
Name one Earth system that stores water.
Answer: Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, or Biosphere
Large bodies of air with similar temperature and humidity are called what?
Answer: Air masses
What happens to particles when a substance is heated?
Answer: They move faster
What two forces drive the water cycle?
Answer: The Sun and gravity
What phase change turns a liquid into a solid?
Answer: Freezing
Name all four Earth systems involved in the water cycle.
Answer: Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, and Biosphere
What instrument measures air pressure?
Answer: Barometer
What happens to particle motion when temperature decreases?
Answer: It slows down
What process occurs when plants release water vapor?
Daily Double!!!!!
Answer: Transpiration
What happens to thermal energy during evaporation?
Answer: Thermal energy is added
Which Earth system includes all living things?
Answer: Biosphere
What weather condition is often associated with a cold front?
Answer: Thunderstorms or severe weather
A student notices water disappearing from a puddle. Which water cycle process is taking place?
Answer: Evaporation
Water flowing over land into streams is called what?
Answer: Runoff
Why does evaporation happen faster on a hot, sunny day?
Answer: More thermal energy is available to change liquid water into water vapor
How does water move between Earth's systems?
Answer: Through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, groundwater flow, and transpiration
Why do different air masses create weather changes when they meet?
Answer: They have different temperatures and humidity levels that interact
If water vapor cools high in the atmosphere, what phase change occurs next?
Answer: Condensation
Water stored underground is called what?
Answer: Groundwater