Vocabulary
When certain locations around the world don't get enough precipitation they suffer thru
drought
Water that is released by plants as a form of water vapor is known as
transpiration
What do you need to begin the water cycle
What is the sun and/or collection of water
A solid form of water that sometimes.floats on water like in Alaska
glacier
These animals once drank the same water that we do
dinosaurs
When the sun heats up liquids all over the world and then turns into water vapor-- liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
What objects are formed when water vapor condenses
clouds
Double Jeopardy. In what stage does water vapor (gas) turn back into a liquid?
What is condensation?
Water is constantly doing this
moving
Double Jeopardy What are the 5 forms of condensation that may be seen
frost, fog, mist, dew. clouds
Double Jeopardy Process in which water moves from the surface of Earth to the air and then back again.
What is water cycle?
Double Jeopardy. What is another name for the Water Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
In which stage does water fall back to earth?
What is precipitation?
Double Jeopardy. Water that starts on the surface but seeps or does down in the ground
infiltration
What are the 4 forms of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, and hail
When a gas changes into a liquid
condensation
Double Jeopardy In which area would the rate of evaporation of water be the lowest- Mountains, Oceans, Deserts
Deserts due to lack of water
I provide the heat and the water cycle couldn't happen without me
sun
Where is most freshwater stored on Earth?
Glaciers
Double Jeopardy When precipitation runs off into the oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater
What is aicumulation
Which is an example of precipitation? Dew, Fog, Frost. Hail
Hail
Double Jeopardy In which order does the water cycle circulate?
What is water, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, transpiration, and accumulation
What kind of energy can we get from water from a dam?
Electrical
Double Jeopardy. List the order of the water cycle from the sun
Evaporation/Transpiration Condensation Precipitation Run Off Groundwater