Water Cycle 1
What drives the water cycle?
Sun
Water as a liquid changing into a gas.
evaporation
The process of water soaking into the ground
Infiltration
A cloud on the ground.
Fog
Dark thunderstorm clouds.
Cumulonimbus
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
The amount of Water vapor in the air
Humidity
Puffy cotton ball clouds.
Cumulus
Which cloud has ice crystals?
Cirrus
What happens as raindrops collide with each other and get too heavy to stay in the cloud?
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
Feathery, thin, wispy clouds
Cirrus
these clouds can bring a light rain or snow
Stratus
When water as a liquid turns into water vapor as it comes out of a plant
transpiration
Rain/snow/sleet/hail.
Precipitation
explain the process of evaporation
a liquid is heated up and turned into water vapor and rises in the atmosphere
Low, flat, gray clouds
stratus
Stratus/ Good or Bad weather?
Bad
The Water Cycle only happens once. YES/NO
No
Explain the difference between condensation and evaporation?
Condensation is water vapor turning into a liquid and evapoartion is liquid turning into a gas (water vapor).
YES/NO - The Earth recycles the same amount of water over and over.
YES
Cumulus/ - Good or Bad weather?
Good
Cumulonimbus/ - Good or Bad weather?
Bad weather