C2-1 Hydrologic Cycle

Question 1

Individual water rmolecules are constantly moving from one water reservoir to another in a system known as ___

Answer 1

water cycle

Question 2

It is a group of events that repeat themselves

Answer 2

cycle

Question 3

Water is neither created nor destroyed, but it just

Answer 3

moves to different reservoirs through a series of processes

Question 4

Nine different processes in the water cycle:

Answer 4

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff
Infiltration
Percolation
Transpiration
Freezing
Melting

Question 5

Water is unique because it is the only substance on earth that naturally occurs in ____

Answer 5

three matters: solid, liquid and gas

Question 6

It is a depression in the earth’s surface

Answer 6

basin

Question 7

a water cycle process by which water vapor becomes liquid water

Answer 7

condensation

Question 8

is the water cycle process by which liquid water becomes water vapor

Answer 8

evaporation

Question 9

is the water cycle process by which liquid water becomes solid ice

Answer 9

freezing

Question 10

is the energy that an object has because of the motion of its atoms and molecules

Answer 10

heat energy

Question 11

is the water cycle process by which liquid water enters the soil due to the force of gravity

Answer 11

infiltration

Question 12

is the water cycle process by which solid ice becomes liquid water

Answer 12

melting

Question 13

is the water cycle process by which liquid wate rflows through the soil due to the force of gravity

Answer 13

percolation

Question 14

is the water cycle process by which water in the atmosphere falls back to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail, due to the force of gravity

Answer 14

Precipitation

Question 15

is the water cycle process by which water flows over the soil surface due to the force of gravity

Answer 15

runoff

Question 16

is the water cycle process by which plants remove water from the soil through their roots and transfer it into the athmosphere through tiny openings in their leaf surfaces

Answer 16

transpiration

Question 17

plants keep themselves cool because of

Answer 17

transpiration (as it loses heat energy by transpiration)