Sun & Energy
The Sun provides this to Earth that helps drive the water cycle.
Energy
This process changes liquid water into water vapor.
Evaporation
This force pulls water toward Earth's surface.
Gravity
A puddle is left outside on a hot, sunny day. What process causes the puddle to become smaller?
Answer: What is evaporation?
evaporation
True or False: The same water that dinosaurs drank could still be somewhere on Earth today.
True
The Sun's energy causes water to do this and enter the atmosphere as water vapor.
Evaporate
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this process.
Precipitation
Rainwater soaks into the ground and becomes stored beneath Earth's surface. What is this water called?
What is groundwater
Water vapor rises into the atmosphere and cools. What process occurs?
condensation
name all types of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, hail
Which process is most directly driven by energy from the Sun?
A. Evaporation
B. Precipitation
C. Groundwater flow
D. Runoff
A. Evaporation
This process happens when water vapor cools and changes into liquid water.
Condensation
Water flowing across Earth's surface instead of soaking into the ground is called this.
Runoff
What process causes water vapor to change into tiny liquid water droplets that help form clouds?
Condensation
What is water called when it is in its gas state?
water vapor
A puddle disappears faster on a hot, sunny day. What process is happening?
Answer: Evaporation
This occurs when water gathers in places such as oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and underground.
Collection
Water moving through soil and rock beneath Earth's surface is called this.
Groundwater Flow
Rain falls on a steep hill. The soil cannot absorb all of the water, so the water flows downhill into a stream. What two ideas explain this movement?
Runoff and gravity
After a heavy rainstorm, water flows down a hill and into a stream. What process is occurring?
Runoff
Explain why the Sun is important to the water cycle.
The Sun provides energy that helps move water through the water cycle, especially by causing evaporation.
Name the main processes of the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, runoff, transpiration.
Explain two ways gravity helps move water through the water cycle.
Gravity helps pull precipitation toward Earth's surface and moves water downhill as runoff and groundwater flow.
Put these processes in the correct order:
Precipitation → Condensation → Evaporation → Collection
Collection → Evaporation → Condensation → Precipitation
what do we call the endless journey water takes as it moves from the Earth's surface to the sky and back down again
The Water Cycle