Water Cycle Phase Changes
Melting
Process describing when water falls back to Earth
Precipitation
Process that forms clouds
Condensation
During evaporation, thermal energy is (added/removed)
Added
Two factors that affect an object's kinetic energy
Mass and Speed
Process when liquid turns into solid
Freezing
Water flowing on the surface of the ground to is called...
Runoff
Sphere of Earth that includes all living organisms
Biosphere
During Condensation when gas turns to liquid, thermal energy is (added/removed)?
REMOVED
Elastic energy is a form of (kinetic or potential energy)?
potential energy
Process when liquid water turns into gas water vapor
Evaporation
Sphere of Earth that describes all living organisms
Biosphere
Snow, Rain, Hail, Sleet
Hot air is (more/less) dense than colder air
Material that slows down heat transfer
Insulators
Process when water vapor turns back into liquid droplets
Condensation
Process of water seeping into the ground
Infiltration
Name 2 Extreme weather that will increase because of climate change affecting the water cycle
Droughts and Floods
During evaporation when liquid turns into water vapor, the particles....
a. move faster + spread out
b. move faster + close together
c. move slower. + spread out
d. move slower + close together
A. Move faster and spread out
You hold a cup of ice coffee. Which way is heat transferring?
From your hand to iced coffee
Process of solid turning directly into gas
Sublimination
Process of water evaporating from plants' leaves
Transpiration
What are the two factors that controls the water cycle?
The sun and gravity
The number of water particles on this planet ...(is slowly decreasing, slowly increasing or staying the same)
Staying the same
The type of relationship between Mass and Potential energy
Proportional/Direct