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Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff and Groundwater
Miscellaneous
100

When the sun heats up liquid water, this process occurs.

What is evaporation?

100

When water vapor changes into water droplets.

What is condensation?

100
Any moisture that falls to the ground from clouds is called _____________?
What is precipitation?
100

Water flowing on top of Earth's surface.

What is runoff?

100

These are the 3 states of matter.

What are gas, liquid, and solid?

200

When any liquid evaporates it turns into a ________.

What is a gas?

200
During condensation water is changed from a gas to a ________.
What is a liquid?
200
When liquid water falls from clouds it is called _________?
What is rain?
200
Water that moves under Earth's surface.
What is groundwater?
200

Write the chemical formula for water.

H2O

300

Evaporation turns liquid water into _________.

What is water vapor/steam?

300

Water in the atmosphere often condensed overnight, creating a blanket of _________ that hovers over the ground.

What is fog?

300
When water vapor freezes it falls as ___________?
What is snow?
300

Much of the water that falls to Earth ____________ right away from the ground, before it can be absorbed.

What is evaporates?

300

The percent of a human body made up by water.

What is ~70%?

400
When water evaporates, it becomes an inivisble gas in the ____________.
What is the atmosphere?
400

________ air temperatures cause condensation of water vapor to form _________.

What are cooler/clouds?

400
When rain freezes on the way down, it falls as ________.
What is sleet?
400
___________ carries water to rivers or streams that flow into oceans.
What is runoff?
400

Most of earth is covered in water. Where did water originally come from?

What are asteroids/meteors/rocks from space?

500

Evaporation in the water cycle takes place mostly in within _______ and ________.

What are lakes and oceans?

500

Because wind moves clouds and storms around, water often falls in ___________ places.

What are different places?

500
When pieces of ice form in the clouds from rain or snow, they fall as ________?
What are hail?
500
____________ moves slowly towards rivers and oceans because it is stored for a period of time in the ground.
What is groundwater?
500

The percent of water on Earth that is drinkable.

What is less than 1% of all the water on Earth?