The Water Cycle

Question 1

The movement of water in different forms through the environment.

Answer 1

water cycle or hydrologic cycle

Question 2

In the water cycle, water undergoes processes such as:

Answer 2

evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

Question 3

The changing of liquid water into water vapor

Answer 3

evaporation

Question 4

Water enters the atmosphere through ________.

Answer 4

transpiration

Question 5

This occurs when the leaves of plants give off extra water during food-making process.

Answer 5

Transpiration

Question 6

The second stage in the water cycle where it is the changing of water vapor into liquid form.

Answer 6

condensation

Question 7

This stage is where any form of water suspended in air that falls to the ground.

Answer 7

Precipitation

Question 8

Different forms of precipitation:

Answer 8

• rain
  -snow
  -sleet
• hail
• drizzle

Question 9

precipitation in liquid form; the most common form of precipitation

Answer 9

rain

Question 10

frozen form of precipitation; precipitation in solid form

Answer 10

snow

Question 11

frozen of partly frozen raindrops

Answer 11

sleet

Question 12

precipitation in the form of pellets of ice and hard snow

Answer 12

hail

Question 13

light rain or droplets of water with a diameter of about 0.5 mm or less

Answer 13

drizzle

Question 14

Condensed water vapor near the ground.

Answer 14

Fog

Question 15

Moisture that condenses upon the surface of a cool body at night.

Answer 15

Dew

Question 16

The term for ice crystals that form when vapor freezes directly into ice without going through the liquid state.

Answer 16

Frost

Question 17

Methods of removing impurities from water:

Answer 17

• evaporation
• distillation
• decantation
• filtration

Question 18

The changing of ice into water vapor without first melting.

Answer 18

Sublimation

Question 19

Methods of Purifying Drinking Water:

Answer 19

• boiling
• chlorination

Question 20

Water that is fit for drinking.

Answer 20

potable water

Question 21

Involves allowing sediments to settle down, then pouring water above the sediments into another container.

Answer 21

Decantation

Question 22

It is the separation of insoluble impurities with the use of a filter paper.

Answer 22

Filtration

Question 23

It is the collecting of evaporated water, then allowing it to condense at a lower temperature.

Answer 23

distillation