The Water Cycle

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The repeated movement of water through Earth

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

When liquid water changes into water vapor

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

When water vapor turns into liquid water in a cloud or dew forms

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

When water falls from a cloud as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Question 5

Sublimation

Answer 5

When ice changes into water vapor without melting first

Question 6

Runoff

Answer 6

When water is moving downhill

Question 7

Water vapor

Answer 7

Water as an invisible gas

Question 8

Transpiration

Answer 8

The process in which plants absorb water and it evaporates from the leaves.

Question 9

Fog

Answer 9

A cloud at ground level

Question 10

Cumulus

Answer 10

A cloud that looks like white, puffy, balls; bring fair weather, mid-altitude

Question 11

Stratus

Answer 11

A cloud that looks like a gray blanket covering the sky, low altitude, brings a light drizzle

Question 12

Cirrus

Answer 12

A cloud that is thin, wispy, and white; high altitude, brings fair weather

Question 13

Vertical cloud

Answer 13

Also called thunderheads or cumulonimbus clouds, can be anywhere from 1,000 to 12,000 meters, dark gray, bring thunderstorms

Question 14

Rain

Answer 14

A type of precipitation that is a liquid and falls when the temperature is higher than 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius

Question 15

Hail

Answer 15

A type of precipitation that is made of large ice crystals, temperature does not affect hail

Question 16

Snow

Answer 16

A type of precipitation that begins as ice crystals and remains ice crystals

Question 17

Sleet

Answer 17

A type of precipitation that is also called frozen raindrops, falls when 32 F or lower, freezes while falling through the air

Question 18

Freezing Rain

Answer 18

A type of precipitation that only falls when it is 32 F or lower, falls mostly as rain, goes through cold air, then freezes when it touches an object