Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Water Cycle
Fresh versus Salt
100
What is precipitation?
Water that falls from clouds
100
Which part of the water cycle happens when the sun heats up water?
Evaporation
100
What do tiny drops of condensed water form in the sky?
clouds
100
Explain the water cycle
Its the never-ending movement of water around the Earth
100
Our world has more, fresh or salt water?
Salt Water
200
Which form of precipitation is a mixture of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow?
Sleet
200
Which is more likely to evaporate more quickly, a warm puddle of water or a cold puddle of water?
Warm puddle of water
200
Why do you see water droplets on the outside of a cold cup?
Through condensation
200
Which energy source powers the entire water cycle?
The sun
200
Which water, fresh or salt water, is frozen solid in the Arctic?
Fresh water
300
What type of precipitation forms in thunderstorms and grows in layers of ice? It is also more common in the spring.
Hail
300
Name two places where evaporation happens.
oceans, lakes, puddles, rivers, etc
300
True or False: The air high above the land is warmer than the land below which is cooler.
False: Actually, the air high above the land is cooler than the land below which is warmer.
300
Which two steps of the water cycle form clouds and rain?
Condensation and precipitation
300
Which water, fresh or salt, is home for such plants as algae, seaweed, and Fungai?
Salt water
400
Name the four different forms of precipitation.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
400
What is evaporation?
Water turning into water vapor or liquid turning into a gas
400
What is condensation?
Water vapor cooling and changing into liquid droplets or droplets forming in clouds
400
What part of the water cycle has a flow of water, that isn't absorbed from the ground, and eventually empties into lakes, rivers, and oceans?
Run-Off
400
True or False: The oceans are habitat for alligators, frogs, and swans.
False
500
What must happen inside clouds for precipitation to fall?
Water droplets become heavy.
500
What invisible gas does liquid water become during evaporation?
Water vapor
500
Explain what is happening to these molecules
water molecules are heating up and evaporating (liquid to a gas) turning into water vapor. The water vapor cools and they are forming clouds.
500
What part of the water cycle has a movement of water through a plant which evaporates into the atmosphere?
Transpiration
500
Salt or Fresh water, makes up most of Earth's water?
Salt water