Stages of Water Cycle
What is the process called when liquid water turns into water vapor?
What is evaporation?
What is the term for the water vapor in the air?
What is humidity?
What natural event occurs when water vapor condenses into droplets and falls to the ground?
What is rain?
What is the effect of increased temperatures on evaporation rates in lakes and rivers?
What is increased evaporation?
What type of ecosystem is primarily characterized by standing water and supports plants like cattails?
What is a wetland?
What do we call the process where water vapor cools and turns back into liquid water?
What is condensation?
What do we call the process of water moving from the surface of the Earth into the atmosphere?
What is evaporation?
In which type of ecosystem can you find wetlands that play a role in the water cycle?
What is a swamp or marsh?
How does climate change affect the frequency and intensity of storms and heavy rainfall?
What is increased frequency and intensity of storms?
How does the water cycle support plant growth in forests?
What is it provides necessary moisture through precipitation and transpiration?
During which stage does water fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
What is precipitation?
What is the term for the layer of soil that is saturated with water?
What is the water table?
What natural disaster occurs when there is too much precipitation in a short period, causing water to overflow on land?
What is a flood?
What happens to soil erosion when heavy rains occur?
What is increased soil erosion?
What do rivers and streams do in an ecosystem?
What is they carry water and help plants and animals?
What is the term for the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
What is transpiration?
What do we call the underground layer of water that fills the spaces in soil and rock?
What is groundwater?
What type of precipitation forms when the temperature is low enough for water to freeze in the clouds?
What is snow?
What is the effect of melting glaciers on sea levels?
What is rising sea levels?
How do ponds and lakes help the water cycle?
What is they let water evaporate into the air?
What process involves water collecting in bodies of water after precipitation, and eventually leading to evaporation again?
What is collection?
What is the term for the movement of water from the ground to rivers, lakes, and oceans?
What is runoff?
What type of precipitation occurs when rain freezes before hitting the ground?
What is sleet?
What occurs when there is too much rainfall in a short period?
What is flash flooding?
What happens to plants and animals during a drought?
What is they have less water to survive?