Vocab
What?
Why/Where?
Drawing a Blank
Count to 5
100
Other name for 'water cycle'.
Hydrologic Cycle
100
What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?
energy source
100
Why does evaporation happen?
Liquid water gains heat/energy
100
The water cycle is powered by _____________.
the sun
100
What is 1?
Evaporation
200
This is the process of liquid turning into gas.
Evaporation
200
What is the name of water being stored under earth's surface?
Groundwater
200
Why does condensation happen?
Water vapor loses heat/energy
200
Sublimation is a state change from _________ to ___________.
solid to gas
200
What is 2?
condensation
300
This is the process of gas turning back into liquid.
Condensation
300
What are 3 examples of precipitation?
Snow, sleet, hail, rain, freezing rain
300
Where are 3 places water can be stored on earth?
oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice, groundwater, aquifer, etc...
300
The process of water being filtered through soil/rock is __________________.
infiltration
300
What is 3?
Precipitation
400
This is the act of water from the atmosphere coming down to earth's surface.
Precipitation
400
What determines what type of precipitation we get?
Temperature
400
Where does water go when it evaporates?
The atmosphere
400
Runoff is when water moves from ______ points to ______ points on earth's surface.
high, low
400
What is 4?
Runoff
500
Define transpiration
Plants "sweating", releasing water from their leaves.
500
What percent of water is contained in the oceans?
About 97%
500
Why are clouds formed from evaporation?
It is colder higher in the atmosphere.
500
____________ and _____________ are both caused by what downward force?
Precipitation, runoff, gravity
500
What is 5?
Transpiration/Evotranspiration
600
Define watershed
An area where multiple sources of water runoff into one place.
600
What are 4 of the steps of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, transpiration, infiltration, collection
600
Where does water that does runoff or evaporate end up?
Infiltrating, groundwater