Water Cycle (a)
Name four forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
What is it called when water travels through oceans, the atmosphere and land over and over again.
the water cycle.
continuously
never ending
repeating
The is the process where a solid changes directly into a gas.
sublimation
What is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle
Runoff
State of matter when water is frozen.
a solid.
When water vapor changes to a liquid
condensation.
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.
a cloud.
What is it called when rain get so cold it solidifies into ice?
Hail
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
The gas form of water
Water Vapor
The heating process by which a liquid changes to a gas
Evaporation
What is transpiration?
Water that absorbs through a plants roots and evaporates off of it's leaves
Where is most of the water on Earth stored
Oceans
Animals contibute to the water cycle through this process?
respiration
How does water move under the Earth's surface?
Gravity
Day to Day changes in the atmosphere
Weather
Clouds are filled with air, true or false?
False
the process of water soaking into the ground.
Infiltration
the stage of the water cycle where water is temporarily collected and stored.
Collection
Where does water vapor in the atmosphere come from?
evaporation from lakes, rivers, and oceans.
This is where most of Arizona's water can be found
Groundwater
The layer of gases that surround earth
Atmosphere
what is long term weather called
Climate
This is is the process of water filtering through the soil to reach groundwater below
Percolation
the amount of water vapor that is in the air
Humidity
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?
transpiration
What defines our boundary for the watershed we live in?
The mountains
The energy source that controls the water cycle
the Sun
Water that is not absorbed by the soil and flows back to the ocean is called
Run-off