Water Cycle (a)
Water in the form of gas
What is water vapour?
When liquid changes slowly to a gas.
What is evaporation?
The water drops on the grass, usually forming at dawn.
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What is dew?
Clouds form when water vapor ________________.
What is 'condenses'?
What is the gaseous cloud that we see floating in the air, usually near to the ground?
What is fog?
The percent of Earth's water found in the oceans.
What is 97%?
When gas changes to a liquid.
What is condensation?
The process that changes rain into snow or water into ice.
What is freezing?
This form of precipitation crystalizes into a unique patterns as is falls and accumulates in cold weather.
What is snow?
Rain that falls from the clouds but freezes along the way.
What is sleet?
The four forms of precipitation.
What are rain, hail, sleet, and snow?
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.
What is a cloud?
This water beneath the soil and rock eventually moves to the ocean.
What is groundwater?
Where does water vapour in the atmosphere originally come from?
What are lakes, rivers, and oceans?
This heats water and turns it into vapour as it evaporates.
What is the Sun?
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
What is the definition of 'melt'?
This term describes water that soaks into the ground.
What is infiltration?
The two "engines" that drive the water cycle to keep in motion.
What are the Sun and gravity?
What is the term used when water evaporates from the leaves of plants or an animal's skin?
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What is transpiration?
The movement of water between Earth's surface and the air.
What is the water cycle?
When water changes from a liquid to a solid.
What is 'freeze'?
The percent of the human body that is made up of water.
What is 60-65%? (any answer within this range is acceptable)
During the water cycle, water moves between: ______ and the _________.
What are the Earth and Air?
The percentage of water that escapes Earth's atmosphere and into outer space.
What is >1% (0%)
It is made up of ice chunks which are much larger than sleet. They form inside thunderstorm clouds and are usually round in shape.
What is hail?