The Water Cycle Flashcards
Water Cycle
The process of water becoming different forms and never ever stops
Evaporation
The changing of liquid water to water vapor
Condensation
When water vapor turns into liquid water
Precipitation
When water falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
Sublimation
Ice changing into water vapor without first melting
Runoff
Water going down hill
Water vapor
Invisible gas
Transpiration
Is the process by which moisture si carried through plans from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.
Fog
A cloud at ground level forms when air near the ground cools; the more water droplets that condenses the thicker the fog
Cumulus
Mid- altitude ; small, white puffy balls looks like a cotten ball, being fair weather
Stratus
Low- altitude, looks like a grey blanket covering the sky: brings a little rain drizzle
Cirrus
Thin, wispy, white: high altitude cloud: brings fair weather; looks like a feather
Vertical cloud
Thunderhead/thunderhead/cumulonimbus: grows vertically, stretch from 1,000 to 12,000 meters; can be very dark in color, brings thunderstorms
Rain
Starts as ice crystals ; turns to rain if the air temperature is good enough (ice crystals= snow)
Hail
Strong winds blow raindrops to the top of a cloud continues to happen and the ice gets bigger
Snow
Starts as ice crystals and stays ice crystals as long as the air temperature is below 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees F
Sleet
Starts as ice crystals changes to raindrops ice cools and the raindrops freeze
Freezing rain
Starts as ice crystals turns into raindrops air near ground is cold, rain freezes when it touches something
