A solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals in complex hexagonal form.
Snow
100
What direction does the water go if it is being evaporated?
up.
100
What is responsible for the water cycle.
The sun is responsible for the water cycle.
100
Evaporation changes from a (blank) to a(blank).
Liquid....Gas.
200
What is Condensation?
Condensation is the change of water from water vapor into liquid water.
200
When precipitation hits the ground, it is either absorbed, or it flows over the surface of the earth.
Runoff
200
What direction does the water go if precipitation is happening?
Down
200
Which of the following contains the largest percent of Earth's water?
A. Ice/Snow
B. Atmosphere
C. Ocean
D. River
Ocean
200
Fill in the two process that causes each transition?
Ocean------>Cloud.
Evaporation, Condensation.
300
What is solar radiation and how does it help the water cycle?
Solar radiation is like the sun and it helps the water cycle by starting the whole process.
300
Water in its gas form.
Water Vapor.
300
What direction does water go when it vaporizes into clouds?
(hint: this is called condensation)
A. Left or/and right
B. Left or/and down
C. Right and/or down
D. Right and/or up
A. Left or/and right
300
What percent of Earth's water is found in lakes?
0.009%
300
Humans, which are apart of the (Biosphere/ Geosphere) harness energy from the water's( Biosphere/ Hydrosphere) to produce electricity.
Biosphere... Hydrosphere.
400
What is evaporation?
Evaporation is the process of liquid water changing into water vapor.
400
What is groundwater?
Water that is in the ground.
400
What water flows back to the ocean, which way does it go?
A. up
B. down
B. Down
400
What is the water cycle?
The water cycle is the movement of water around the Earth.
400
What sequence of processes transports water from the ocean into a cloud?
Evaporation to Condensation.
500
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is water released from clouds.
500
A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume; when water is in this state, it is because its temperature is below the freezing point and the water molecules are close together.
Solid.
500
BONUS!!!!!!
Pick one!
The ocean is the largest body of water on the Earth .It makes up what percentage of the Earth's surface?
75%
500
What percentage of Earth's water is stored in ice and snow.