Water Cycle
What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?
What is condensation?
What is erosion?
What is the process of moving soil and rock from one location to another?
What is groundwater?
What is water that is stored beneath the surface of the Earth in soil and rock?
What is running water?
What is water that flows over the ground surface, such as rivers and streams?
Name the stage of the water cycle where water is absorbed by plants and then released as vapor into the atmosphere?
What is transpiration?
Name one type of erosion caused by wind.
What is aeolian erosion?
What term describes the upper surface of the zone of saturation in groundwater?
What is the water table?
Name two factors that affect the speed of running water.
What are the slope of the land and the amount of water flow?
Describe the process of evaporation and its role in the water cycle.
What is changing liquid into vapor by heating it?
How can vegetation help reduce erosion?
What is by stabilizing the soil with roots and reducing runoff?
Explain how aquifers are important to human water supply.
What are they act as natural underground reservoirs that store water?
How does running water contribute to erosion?
What is by carrying sediments and shaping landforms overtime?
What are the three main processes involved in the water cycle?
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
What is the difference between mechanical and chemical erosion?
What is mechanical erosion involves physical processes, while chemical erosion involves chemical reactions?
What are some methods used to recharge groundwater resources?
What are methods like rainwater harvesting and permeable pavement?
What is a watershed?
What is an area of land that drains water into a particular river or lake?
Explain how human activities can impact the natural water cycle?
What is through pollution, deforestation, and urbanization that can disrupt the cycle?
Describe the role of water in erosion processes.
What is water can carry sediments and cause both hydraulic action and abrasion?
Discuss the impact of pollution on groundwater resources.
What is pollution can contaminate aquifers and make the water unsafe for consumption?
Explain how flooding occurs in relation to running water.
What is when excessive rain or snowmelt causes rivers to overflow their banks?