The Water Cycle Flashcards
Water cycle
The repeated movement of water through Earth in different forms
Evaporation
It is the changing of liquid water to water vapor (L-G)
Condensation
Water vapor turns into liquid water (G-L) when gas forms; clouds form, and dew
Precipitation
When water falls to the the ground as rain, sleet, snow, or hail (L-L/S)
Sublimation
Ice changing into water vapor with out first melting
Runoff
Water moving down a hill
Water vapor
Water vapor is water as invisible gas
Transpiration
Transpiration is the process when plants absorb (drink) water through their roots and give off water sports through their leaves (sweat)
Fog
A cloud at ground level: forms when air near the ground cool; the more water droplets that condense, the thicker the fog
Cumulus
Mid altitude;small, white, puffy balls, looks like a cotton ball, brings fair weather
Stratus
Low altitude; looks like a grey blanket covering the sky: brings little rain drizzle
Cirrus
Thin, wispy, white: high altitude cloud; brings fair weather; looks like a feather
Vertical cloud
How vertically, stretch from 1,000 to 12,000 meters; can be very dark in color, brings thunderstorms
Rain
Starts as ice crystals (snow) turns into rain if the temperature is above 32 degrease F or 0 degrease C
Hail
Strong winds blow raindrops to the top of the cloud continues to happen and the ice gets bigger
