The Water Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
Water cycle
A
The constant movement of water
2
Q
Evaporation
A
Is the process of water heating up and turning into water vapor
3
Q
Precipitation
A
the process of water vapor cool and making rain, snow, sleet, hail
4
Q
Sublimation
A
When ice changes to water vapor
5
Q
Runoff
A
When water goes to the ocean or river/stream
6
Q
Water vapor
A
Water in a gas State
7
Q
Transpiration
A
When plants “sweat”
8
Q
Fog
A
A thick layer of gas at ground level
9
Q
Cumulus
A
Puffy white clouds
10
Q
Rain
A
Ice changing to water which falls onto the earth
11
Q
Hail
A
Wind freezes ice in the clouds and it falls as bigger ice
12
Q
Snow
A
Snow falling and ceaping the same temperatures
