Evaporation
The step in the water cycle occupied by evaporation
What is first?
The opposite of condensation
What is evaporation?
Moisture that falls to the ground from clouds
What is precipitation?
The term for the maximum rate of infiltration
What is infiltration capacity?
What two elements make up water?
What is Hydrogen and Oxygen?
The state water is in at the start of evaporation
What is liquid?
The primary cause of condensation
What is cooling?
Liquid water when it falls from the clouds
What is rain?
How can snow become water vapor without melting?
What is sublimation?
The state water is in at the end of evaporation
What is vapor?
What are clouds?
Liquid water if it freezes while falling
What is snow?
How fast do raindrops fall on average?
What is 14mph?
The process of water evaporating from plants and into the soil
What is evapotranspiration?
The actual component clouds are made of
What are liquid water droplets?
Liquid water when it falls as solid precipitation
What is hail?
How much water vapor is stored in the atmosphere?
What is 0.35%?
The primary source of energy for evaporation
What is solar radiation?
The state water becomes during condensation in the water cycle
Partially melted and refrozen snow
What is sleet?
When did the water cycle begin?
What is 3.8 billion years ago, when the oceans first formed?