Water Cycle 1
The water cycle is driven by gravity and the ______.
sun
the cooling process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
condensation
Water soaked into the ground
groundwater
Most freshwater is frozen in ice called
glaciers
After precipitation falls to the Earth, water can travel through rivers and lakes to eventually reach this large body of water.
The ocean
This is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
Ground water
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process.
transpiration
the gas form of water
Water Vapor
When water vapor escapes from plants
transpiration
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
What happens to water vapor to make it condense and become water droplets?
It cools.
Water in the form of gas
water vapor
Name two forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
When water vapor turns into a liquid in the atmosphere it forms...
a cloud.
any form of water that falls from the clouds
precipitation
True or False: the water cycle never stops
True
The energy from the sun changes water to a _______.
When water moves from the sky to the earth
precipitation.
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
melting.
The type of water in oceans
saltwater
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
When liquid water turns to water vapor
evaporation
Water leaves a plant through its ________.
stomata
The process of condensation is when a gas turns into a ...
Liquid
The cycle in which Earth's water moves through the environment
Water Cycle
the heating process by which a liquid changes into a gas
Evaporation
What part of the water cycle happens after evaporation
condensation
What is the process of water being carried from one surface to another
what is Runoff
2 processes that require energy to happen
runoff, precipitation
Pacific Ocean