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
percolation
What force pulls water from clouds down to earth in the form of precipitation?
Gravity
Water leaves a plant through it's
What are leaves
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
What part of the water cycle depends on gravity to move water across land?
Runoff
When water moves from the sky to the earth
precipitation.
What is water found underground called?
Ground Water
True or False? Water is created during the Water Cycle
False
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
When liquid water turns to water vapor
evaporation
What type of precipitation falls as frozen crystals?
Snow
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
Where or in what form is most of Earth's Freshwater
Ice form - Glaciers/iceburgs
List the water cycle steps in order
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, (collection)
What are two elements that make up water
what are Hydrogen and Oxygen
Name 2 processes that absorb energy in order to happen
What are evaporation and transpiration
Why is the water cycle considered a cycle and not a straight path?
Water keeps moving and repeating the same process.