Precipitation
climates
Parts of the water cycle
Challenge
Guess the word
100
Name four forms of precipitation.
What is rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
100

This energy source that drives the water cycle and causes evaporation

What is the sun?

100

what forms clouds?



water droplets

100

What force causes water to run off of mountains and hills?

What is gravity?

100

r _ _ n b _ w

rainbow

200

What part of the water cycle comes before precipitation

What is condensation?

200

Which biome do polar bears live in?

tundra,      forest,       temperate,      tropics

What is tundra?

200

What part of the water cycle is the water in the picture?

collection

200

True/false: Water is lost in the water cycle into space.

What is false?

200

c _ l l _ c t _ _ n

collection

300

Water in the form of gas

What is water vapor


300

Which biome and climate would have warm wet weather near the equator?

Taiga,  Tropical Rainforest,  Tundra

What is a tropical rain forest

300

what part of the water cycle is it when the sun warms the earth?

evaporation

300

A body of water is surrounded by all sides

river,     ocean,    lake,     pond

What is a lake and a pond?

300

r _ n       _  f f

run off

400

When water changes from a liquid to a solid.

What is to freeze

400

Which place has only wet and a dry seasons?

NY,  Puerto Rico, Antarctica, India, Italy, 

What is India and Puerto Rico?

400

what part of the water cycle includes

rain, snow, hail, sleet, drizzle?

precipitation

400

True or False. 50% of the Earth's water  is fresh water.

False. How much is fresh water for 400 pts

400

_ c _ _ n s

oceans

500

When water changes from a solid to a liquid

What is melting?

500

Which place has four seasons?

NY,  Puerto Rico, Antarctica, India, Hawaii

What is NY?

500

What part of the water cycle is it when plants release water from their leaves?

watershed,    runoff,     transpiration,     collection

transpiration

500

True or False.  Less than 1% of Earth's water is usable for drinking.

True

500

g r _ _ n d     w _ t _ r

ground water

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