The water cycle Flashcards
Precipitation
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
Hail, rain, sleet, snow, drizzle
Infilitation
The process by which water soaks into the soil and rocks through cracks and pores
Goes into underground aquifers
Condensation
Condensation is the process where water vapor in the air becomes a liquid
It is the opposite of evaporation
Ohr naur cleor
Evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.
water going up
Groundwater
Groundwater is freshwater located in the subsurface pore space of soil and rocks will stop it is also water that is flowing with the aquifers below the water table
Run-off
The excess water that flows over the land surface when it cannot be absorbed by the soil
running down the mountain
Transpiration
Evaporation of water from plants
plant sweat