Water Cycle Definitions
Water Cycle Process
Weather
Climate
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What is precipitation and what are the 4 forms?
Water vapor that falls from the sky in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
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What is the driving force of the water cycle?
The Sun.
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What is weather?
The day-to-day conditions for the outdoors.
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What is climate?
The average weather of a certain region at a particular time.
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What term describes the process of liquid turning into a gas?
Evaporation.
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Where does most of the evaporation happen on Earth?
The Ocean.
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What are the scientist called that study weather?
A meteorologist.
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What season typically has a hot and sunny climates?
Summer.
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What is water that is stored underground?
Groundwater.
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What happens during evaporation?
The sun heats up water causing it to turn into a gas or water vapor and raise into the sky.
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What prediction could you make about the weather in Minneapolis? What is your evidence?
It will get cooler because there is a cold front.
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What is one major difference between weather and climate?
Weather is short-term, while climate is long-term.
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What term describes the process of water that does not soak into the ground and flows across Earth’s surface.
Runoff.
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What two stages of the water cycle causes the grass to be moist in the morning hours?
Condensation and Precipitation.
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If today is sunny and warm, are we describing weather or climate?
Weather.
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Which climate zone is characterized by very little rainfall and extreme temperatures?
The desert climate.
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What term describes the process of water that returns to lakes, streams, oceans, etc.?
Accumulation.
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How does condensation form clouds?
Water vapor cools down and turns back into water droplets as it forms a cloud.
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What is a cold front?
When a cool mass of air moves under a warmer mass of air.
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What factor can influence a region's climate?
Elevation (mountains) and proximity to water.