Water Cycle 1
What drives the water cycle?
Sun
Water as a liquid changing into a gas.
evaporation
Precipitation ending up in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans.
collection/accumulation
A cloud on the ground.
Fog
Stratus/ Good or Bad weather?
Bad
What is the running water that is in the dirt and rock layer under the Earth's Surface
groundwater
Water in a gas state that you can't see.
water vapor
Precipitation that soaks into the ground.
Puffy cotton ball clouds.
Cumulus
Cumulus/ - Good or Bad weather?
Good
What happens as a cloud gets too full
It precipitates
When water vapor changes back into a liquid.
condensation
When water evaporates, where does it go?
Into the atmosphere and eventually into the clouds
High horse tail-like clouds. Feathery and wispy
Cirrus
Cirrus/ - Good or Bad weather?
Good, but a change will most likely occur in 24 hours
When water as a liquid turns into water vapor as it comes out of a plant
transpiration
Rain/snow/sleet/hail.
Precipitation
What happens when water droplets in a cloud get too heavy?
It precipitates
Low blanket type clouds.
stratus
Cumulonimbus/ - Good or Bad weather?
Bad weather
The Water Cycle only happens once. YES/NO
No
A group of water droplets in the atmosphere.
Collection/accumulation
YES/NO - The Earth recycles the same amount of water over and over.
YES
Dark thunderstorm clouds.
Cumulonimbus
Which cloud has ice crystals?
Cirrus