Water Cycle Basics
What is it called when water turns from a liquid to a gas and rises into the air?
This heats up water molecules, causing them to lose density and rise.
What is it called when water flows across a surface of land?
Runoff
What is it called when water turns from a liquid into a solid in an ordered structure?
Crystallization
What is it called when water gathers in one place, most likely a puddle or a pool?
Collection
Water molecules in the sky in the form of water vapor have already undergone which process?
Evaporation
What is it called when water seeps into the surface of the soil?
Infiltration
When the sun heats up water molecules, what happens to them?
They spread out and rise
What is it called when water falls from the sky?
Precipitation
colder, lower, decreased
What is transpiration?
The weight of air pressing down on Earth
Condensation
Explain the density and pressure of cold air in the atmosphere
High pressure, high density
What does percolation lead to?
More groundwater
What is the driving force of the water cycle?
Energy from the sun
Explain how clouds are formed
Explain what happens when water meets soil
It infiltrates the soil, then percolates through small spaces in soil/rock, eventually reaching groundwater
Explain why water vapor rises using "air pressure" and "density".
When liquid is energized by the sun, it's molecules spread out from each other, giving it low density, and the molecules rise. This creates a low pressure zone, since the pressure is not high enough to keep the molecules in liquid formation.