Water Cycle Vocabulary 1
The journey water takes as it passes from the land to sky and back again.
A Circulates
B Freshwater Storage
C Condensation
D Watershed
Circulates
Condensation falling onto land in the form of rain, snow, hail, sleet, and mist.
A Spring
B Snowmelt Runoff
C Precipitation
D Water Vapor
Precipitation
Very small drops of water.
A Stream Flow
B Watershed
C Desublimation
D Droplets
Droplets
The star that is the source of light and heat or the solar system and powers the life cycle.
A Moon
B Sunflower
C Sun
D Droplet
Sun
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
A Clouds
B Fog
C Oceans
D Evapotranspiration
Clouds
The invisible, gaseous form of water.
A Water Vapor
B Condensation
C Hydrologic
D Circulates
Water Vapor
The science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the wates of the earth and it’s atmosphere.
A Condensation
B Atmosphere
C Plant Uptake
D Hydrologic
Hydrologic
The opposite of sublimation; it occurs when the water vapor turns directly into solid ice or snow.
A Water Cycle
B Desublimation
C Unsublimation
D Anti-Sublimation
Desublimation
The downward movement of water from the land surface to the soil or porous rock.
A Infiltration
B Soaking In
C Absorbing
D None of the Above
Infiltration
The process by which green plants use water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and energy from the sun to synthesize food.
A Infiltration
B Photosynthesis
C The Growing Process
D None of the Above
Photosynthesis
This includes wetlands, lakes, ponds, and large rivers.
A Groundwater Storage
B Freshwater Storage
C Aquifer
D Body of Salt Water
Freshwater Storage
Air surrounding the earth which carries moisture.
A Condensation
B Atmosphere
C Circulates
D Water Vapor
Atmosphere
It is usually forme on the side of a hill, or below the local water table.
A Snowmelt Runoff
B Watershed
C Spring
D Desublimitation
Spring
The change and movement of the Earth’s water from liquid to vapor to gas.
A The Life of Water
B Condense
C Water Cycle
D Droplets
Water Cycle
The means to which water is carried through the plants from the roots.
A Sublimation
B Sun
C Photosynthesis
D Transpiration
Transpiration
The process of snow and ice melting into surface water and moving across the soil surface into streams.
A Groundwater Discharge
B Precipitation
C Snowmelt Runoff
D Hydrolic
Snowmelt Runoff
A geological formation containing ground water that can be used to supply wells or springs.
A Aquifer
B Infiltration
C Desublimation
D Stream Flow
Aquifer
This defines how much water the plant absorbs and uses.
A Spring
B Hydrolic
C Groundwater Discharge
D Plant Uptake
Plant Uptake
This occurs when water is discharged as vapor into the atmosphere as a result of evaporation from the soil and transpiration by plants.
A Evapotranspiration
B Evaporation
C Transpiration
D Droplet
Evapotranspiration
Occurs when the sun heats water up and it becomes vapor in the air.
A Water Vapor
B Evaporation
C Droplet
D Transpiration
Evaporation
The water that exists for long periods below the Earth’s surface.
A Infiltration
B Aquifer
C Groundwater Storage
D Freshwater Storage
Groundwater Storage
The vertical and lateral movements of water through spaces between soil and rock layers.
A Sublimation
B Percolation
C Photosynthesis
D Transpiration
Percolation
The movement of water out of the ground.
A Precipitation
B Snowmelt Runoff
C Water Vapor
D Groundwater Discharge
Groundwater Discharge
When snow or ice (considered the solid form of water) changes directly into vapor. (Example:Dry Ice)
A Transpiration
B Desublimation
C Photosynthesis
D Sublimation
Sublimation
An area of land where all the water that is under it or drains off of it goes in the same place.
A Evapotranspiration
B Sun
C Percolation
D Evaporation
Watershed