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Evaporation
Precipitation
Condensation
Transporation
Miscellaneous
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What is the process called when water is changed from a liquid to a solid?
Evaporation
100
What is precipitation?
When water is released back into the atmosphere in its liquid state.
100
What is condensation?
It is the when water vapors change from a gas into a liquid.
100
What is transporation?
When water is released into the atmosphere from the leaves of a plant.
100
What is the starting point for the water cycle?
There is no starting point in the water cycle.
200
What are the four primary sources for the water cycle?
Rivers, Oceans, Lakes and Streams
200
What is a water droplet?
Minute droplets of condensed H2O.
200
What is responsible for most fog at ground level?
Condensation
200
What plants transpire the least?
Plants that live in very dry areas.
200
What is the place of storage for most of the Earth's water?
The oceans.
300
What is necessary for the water cycle to occur?
Heat
300
What is the average rain fall in Georgia?
Approximately 40 to 50 inches in one year.
300
What is a form of condensation we can actually see?
A cloud.
300
What causes higher rates of transpiration?
Air movement.
300
What is main engine of the water cycle?
The sun.
400
What is the opposite of evaporation?
Condensation
400
What type of precipitation drops on the Earth most often?
Rain
400
What is opposite of condensation?
Evaporation
400
What is one of the causes of transpiration rates falling?
High humidity in the air.
400
What is the name of the agency that identified the 16 parts of the water cycle?
The U.S. Geological Survey
500
What is saturation?
When evaporation rates and condesation rates are equal in an atmophere
500
What is the amount of water droplets required in a cloud to produce a solitary rain drop?
Over a million cloud droplets are needed to form one rain drop.
500
What is coalescence?
When water droplets combine in the atmosphere.
500
What is the average transpiration of an oak tree?
As much as 40 thousand gallons of water a year.
500
What is ending point of the water cycle?
The water cycle never ends.