Water Cycle
Source of Energy
Density
Ocean Currents
vocabulary
100

The changing of a liquid, such as water, to a gas.

What is evaporation?

100

Energy from the sun or force of gravity?

Flow of glaciers and rivers downhill

What are force of gravity?

100

The density of warm air does what?

What is rises?

100

Ocean currents from the poles are what temperature?

What are cold temperatures? 

100

the process where water vapor in the air changes into liquid water, forming clouds and ultimately leading to precipitation

What is condensation?

200

When a gas, such as water vapor, turns into a liquid.

What is condensation?

200

Energy from the sun or force of gravity?

Evaporation of water from the ocean surface. 

What is energy from the sun?

200

Cold air is ____ than warm air. 

What is more dense?

200

How do currents north of the equator move?

What is clockwise?

200

The _____________ shows the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.

What is water cycle?

300

The water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

What is precipitation?

300

Energy from the sun or force of gravity?

Formation of water droplets in clouds.

What is energy of the sun?

300

An egg put in freshwater is more or less dense? 

What is more dense?

300

How do currents south of the equator move?

What is counter-clockwise?

300

________ is a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel

What is an aquifer?

400

This has a major effect on the water cycle.

What is the sun?

400

Energy from the sun or force of gravity?

Infiltration of water to form groundwater

What is force of gravity?

400

Which is more dense, freshwater or saltwater?

What is saltwater?

400

Cold ocean currents are most likely to be located deeper in the ocean because

What is the cold water is more dense and sinks?

400

__________ is  a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface

What is a glacier?

500

The steps of the water cycle include evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and .........

What is runoff?

500

Energy from the sun or force of gravity?

Fall of precipitation from the sky to Earth's surface.

What is force of gravity?

500

What is the formula to find density?

What is density=mass/volume?

500

The Earth and wind causes _______

What is surface ocean currents? 

500

When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes __________.

What is runoff?