Water Cycle
The continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere.
Water cycle
Water that soaks into the ground and fills spaces between rocks and soil.
This process is responsible for puddles disappearing on a sunny day.
Evaporation
When water flows down mountains and hills, it eventually joins this body of water.
River
Humans often get their drinking water from this underground source.
Aquifer
The process when water changes from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
A natural underground layer that stores water and allows it to flow.
Aquifer
Clouds form when this process turns water vapor into droplets.
Condensation
The start of most river systems is found here.
Headwaters
Water that is safe for humans to drink is called this.
Potable water
When water vapor cools and turns back into liquid droplets, forming clouds.
Condensation
A hole dug or drilled into the ground to reach water.
Well
This step in the water cycle brings water back to Earth’s surface.
Precipitation
This process moves water from land to oceans through rivers and streams.
Runoff
Pollutants that enter rivers and lakes from rainwater running over roads and fields are called this.
runoff pollution
When clouds release water as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Precipitation
When excess water flows over Earth’s surface after heavy rain.
Runoff
The process of water movement through plants and its release into the atmosphere.
Transpiration
The underground movement of water between layers of soil and rock.
Infiltration
Protecting watersheds helps prevent this from happening to our water supply.
Pollution
The process where plants release water vapor through their leaves.
transpiration
An area of land where all water drains to the same river, lake, or ocean.
Watershed
When water falls as precipitation, some of it seeps into the ground to become this important underground water source.
Groundwater
The area of land that separates one watershed from another
Divide
This global process ensures that the same water is recycled and reused on Earth.
Water cycle