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
This is is the process of water being soaked into the ground
Infiltration
When ice melts and turns into liquid water, it is ________ energy.
absorbing
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
Where does most of the earths evaporation come from
oceans
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
What causes clouds to form?
Water vapor rising into the air and cooling back into liquid water drops.
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 allows water to change __________ and move through the water cycle.
State
When water moves from the sky to the earth
precipitation.
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
melting.
When solid ice turns to water vapor
sublimation
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
List the water cycle steps in order
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, collection
What is the process of water being carried from one surface to another
what is Runoff
The step in the water cycle that happens because of gravity.
runoff
What causes it to rain in places that are not near water?
clouds moving due to the wind