Water Cycle Basics
The continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and its atmosphere.
What is the Water Cycle
The three states of water on Earth.
Percentage of Earth’s water that is saltwater.
What is 97%
Another name for rain, sleet, snow, or hail
What is precipitation
The element that makes saltwater different from freshwater.
What is sodium chloride
When soil becomes saturated during rainfall, excess water moves downslope into rivers, lakes, and streams.
What is Run Off
Frozen water is naturally found here on Earth.
What are the polar ice caps and glaciers
Percentage of Earth’s water that is drinkable freshwater.
What is 1%
The change from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation
Another word for surface water moving downhill after rainfall
What is runoff
The process where heat from the Sun changes ocean water into vapor
What is Evaporation
The only substance that exists as a solid, liquid, and gas in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is water
Amount of Earth’s surface covered with water.
What is 70%
What is needed for clouds to form
What is something to stick to (dust)
What is the scientific name for the water cycle
What is the hydrological cycle
When water evaporates from plants
What is transpiration
Sheldon noticed the skating pond was the same location as the summer fishing pond. What explains this?
Water changes state between liquid and solid depending on temperature
An example of saltwater
What is an Ocean
Why do we see rain fall after clouds get heavy with water droplets?
What is gravity pulls the water down as precipitation
What is the standard we are studying
What is S6E3 (a & b)
The Sun’s role in the water cycle.
What is providing heat energy
This object in the sky is made of tiny water droplets
What are clouds
An example of freshwater
What is surface & groundwater
Water from plants entering the atmosphere
What is transpiration
What do scientists call water soaking into soil and rock?
What is infiltration