Water Cycle 1
What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?
What is condensation?
What term refers to the evaporation of water vapor from plant leaves?
What is Transpiration?
What forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals?
What is snow?
What measures the amount of rainfall?
What is a rain gauge?
Name the stage of the water cycle where water from the ground is heated and turns into vapor.
What is evaporation?
What term refers to water that is stored underground?
What is groundwater?
What type of precipitation forms when water droplets freeze in the air?
What is sleet?
What are the two ways to measure snow?
What occurs when water vapor rises and cools, resulting in cloud formation?
What is condensation?
How does energy from the sun drive the water cycle?
What is it heats water in rivers, lakes, and oceans, causing evaporation?
What type of precipitation falls as ice pellets?
What is hail?
Why is measuring precipitation important for weather forecasting?
What is it helps predict floods, droughts, and keeps us safe when traveling?
Describe what happens during precipitation in the water cycle.
What is when water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Why is the water cycle essential for life on Earth?
What is it provides fresh water for drinking, agriculture, and ecosystems?
How does the temperature determine precipitation between rain and snow?
What is snow forms when temperatures are below freezing, while rain occurs when temperatures are warmer?
What is temperature?
What is the water cycle?
What is the continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
What do we call the gas form of water?
What is water vapor?
Rain comes in various forms. What is the smallest category of rain called?
What is droplet?
How are snow and rain formation similar?
What is they both start as water vapor?