OCEANS, THE ATMOSPHERE, AND GROUNDWATER ARE CALLED THIS IN THE WATER CYCLE.
What are RESERVOIRS?
100
THESE ARE THE THREE STATES OF WATER.
What are LIQUID, SOLID, AND GAS?
100
DECIDE IF THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE OR FALSE: FRESH WATER IS ACTUALLY MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD.
What is TRUE?
100
THIS WORD MEANS THAT WATER HAS INFILTRATED THE SOIL AND IS NOW SINKING THROUGH IT TO BECOME GROUND WATER.
What is PERCOLATION?
200
THIS HAPPENS WHEN AIR CURRENTS REACH THE COOLER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH CAUSES WATER VAPOR TO CONDENSE AROUND AND CLINGS ON TO FINE PARTICLES IN THE AIR
What is CONDENSATION?
200
THIS IS THE WORD THAT DESCRIBES WHEN RAINWATER CONTRIBUTES TO THE FLOW OF RIVERS AND STREAMS.
What is RUNOFF OR SURFACE RUNOFF?
200
THIS IS ANOTHER WORD FOR WATER IN A GASEOUS STATE.
What is WATER VAPOR?
200
DECIDE IF THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE OR FALSE: WATER DROPLETS CAN EVAPORATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
What is FALSE?
200
WHEN SNOW MELTS CAUSES WATER TO FLOW DOWN A MOUNTAIN IT IS CALLED THIS.
What is RUNOFF OR SURFACE RUNOFF.
300
THIS HAPPENS WHEN AIR GETS MORE AND MORE MOIST AND THE DROPLETS THAT FORM CLOUDS GROW LARGER AND LARGER CAUSING THEM TO DROP TO THE GROUND AS RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL.
What is PRECIPITATION?
300
THIS IS THE EFFECT THAT THE SUN HAS ON SURFACE WATER.
What is IT CAUSES IT TO EVAPORATE?
300
THIS IS WHAT WATER VAPOR BECOMES WHEN IT IT COOLS HIGH IN THE TROPOSPHERE AND JOINS TOGETHER WITH OTHER DROPLETS.
What are CLOUDS?
300
WATER MOLECULES ARE MADE OF THESE ELEMENT'S ATOMS.
What are HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN?
300
NAME THE FORM OF WATER IN A SOLID STATE.
What is ICE?
400
THIS HAPPENS WHEN PRECIPITATION IS ABSORBED INTO THE GROUND.
What is INFILTRATION?
400
THIS IS ANOTHER TERM FOR THE WATER CYCLE. IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR WATER AND IT MAKES "SENSE."
What is THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE?
400
THESE ARE FOUR TYPES OF PRECIPITATION.
What are RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, AND HAIL?
400
WHEN WATER DROPLETS EVAPORATE FROM THE OCEAN, THIS IS WHAT IT LEAVES BEHIND.
What is SALT?
400
WHEN WATER DROPLETS STICK TOGETHER, THEY ENCASE OR SURROUND THIS.
What are DUST AND PARTICLES?
500
THIS HAPPENS WHEN WATER IS GIVEN OFF THROUGH THE PORES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
What is TRANSPIRATION?
500
THIS IS ALL OF THE WATERS ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE, SUCH AS LAKES AND SEAS, AND SOMETIMES INCLUDING WATER OVER THE EARTH'S SURFACE SUCH AS CLOUDS. IT COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR WATER AND A GEOMETRIC SOLID.
What is THE HYDROSPHERE?
500
THIS CAUSES EVAPORATION OF WATER.
What is THE SUN?
500
THIS IS THE REASON WHY SALT IS LEFT BEHIND WHEN A WATER DROPLET EVAPORATES FROM THE OCEAN.