Water Cycle (a)
Water in its gas form.
What is water vapor?
How do breathing animals contribute to the water cycle?
They release water vapor.
Clouds form when ________________ takes place.
Condensation
When the water vapor changes to a liquid it is called __________.
Condensation
The force that helps bring precipitation to Earth.
What is gravity?
These are the four main types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Evaporation,condensation,and precipitation are all parts of the __________.
What is water cycle
True or False. The water cycle has no real beginning or end.
what is true
Droplets must attach itself to _____________ in order to combine and form clouds.
What is particles?
When water droplets combine, they become too __________, causing it to fall.
What is too heavy.
The temperature at which condensation begins.
What is the dew point?
Water soaking into the ground recharging aquifers.
What is Infiltration?
When water runs off Earth's surface, it collects in __________, __________, and ________.
lakes, rivers, and oceans.
Water that falls from clouds to Earths surface
What is precipitation
What is the change in state of matter from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
This tool measures humidity with a wet and dry bulb thermometers.
What is a psychrometer?
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
What is the Sun?
What is the term used when water vapor is released from the leaves of plants?
What is transpiration.
If the dew point is above freezing the water forms...
What is droplet?
The percent of water vapor in the air compared to hoe much it can hold.
What is relative humidity?
These two things may occur AFTER precipitation and do not involve the sun.
What are run-off and infiltration?
These parts of the water cycle do NOT use the Sun as an energy source.
What are Precipitation, Run-off, and Infiltration.
If a psychrometer is slung and the readings are completely different was the tool used in a high humidity environment or low humidity environment.
What is a low humidity environment.
Used to measure rain
What is a rain gauge?