The Water Cycle

Question 1

Water cycle

Answer 1

The water cycle is the repeated movement of water in which the water changes forms

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

Evaporation is when liquid water changes into water vapor

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Condensation is when the water vapor turns into liquid water.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

Precipitation is when the water in the clouds falls out of the sky in the form of: sleet, rain, hail, and snow.

Question 5

Sublimation

Answer 5

Sublimation is when ice changes into water vapor without melting first.

Question 6

Water vapor

Answer 6

Water vapor is when water evaporates and turns into water gas.

Question 7

Runoff

Answer 7

Runoff is when water runs off the land into rivers, oceans, lakes, and streams

Question 8

TRANSPIRATION

Answer 8

Transpiration is the process where plants absorb water through their roots and give off water vapor through their leaves.

Question 9

Fog

Answer 9

Fog is an low altitude cloud at ground level that is misty

Question 10

Cumulus

Answer 10

Cumulus is a cloud at mid altitude that looks like an small puffy white pillow.

Question 11

Stratus

Answer 11

Stratus is a cloud at low altitude that looks like a big gray blanket.

Question 12

Cirrus

Answer 12

Cirrus clouds are high altitude clouds that are thin and wispy

Question 13

Vertical

Answer 13

Vertical clouds are big puffy clouds that are either low altitude or high altitude

Question 14

Rain

Answer 14

They are melted ice crystals. The ice crystals melt when they fall and turn into rain

Question 15

Hail

Answer 15

ice crystals that gradually clump together and form hail

Question 16

Sleet

Answer 16

Sleet is formed when RAIN falls through cold are and turn into tiny ice crystals called sleet.

Question 17

Snow

Answer 17

Ice crystals that fall to the ground without melting

Question 18

Freezing rain

Answer 18

Freezing rain forms when rain falls and touches an object, which the rain freezes.