Water cycle(a)
Water in the form of gas?
Water vapor
when liquid changes slowly into a gas?
evaporation
What is condensation?
the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid
Water that soaks back into the ground is called?
Groundwater
Where is most of the water on Earth stored?
oceans
What happens to water that causes it to evaporate?
It heats up
when gas changes to a liquid?
condensation
What is precipitation?
Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail — any kind of weather condition where something's falling from the sky
Clouds form when water vapor?
cools
What changes rain into snow?
cold temperature
name four forms of precipitation?
Rain,hail,sleet,and snow
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere?
A cloud
What is transpiration?
the process by which plants give off water vapor through the stomata in their leaves.
The process of water moving though a plant through evaporation is called?
Transpiration
The energy source that drives the water cycle?
The sun
When water changes from a solid to a liquid?
Melting
Where is the majority of fresh water located?
Glaciers
What is evaporation?
evaporation, process by which an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state below the temperature at which it boils
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
What is it called when water moves from the atmosphere to the earth?
precipitation
water droplets forming on a glass is what stage of the water cycle?
condensation
For a liquid to change to a solid,what needs to happen?
The liquid needs to be cooled
What is Groundwater
Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through the process of?
transpiation
The water cycle is also called the?
the hydrologic cycle