The Water Cycle

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The repeated movement of water through Earth in different forms.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

The changing of liquid water to water vapor

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor turns into liquid water. Clouds and dew form.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

Water falls from clouds as rain, snow sleet or hail.

Question 5

Sublimation

Answer 5

Ice changing into water vapor without first melting.

Question 6

Runoff

Answer 6

Water moving downhill

Question 7

Water vapor

Answer 7

Water as an invisible gas

Question 8

Fog

Answer 8

A cloud at ground level; forms when air near the ground cools. When the droplets condense, they thicken into fog.

Question 9

Cumulus

Answer 9

Mid-altitude, small, whit, puffy balls that look like cotton balls and bring fair weather.

Question 10

Stratus

Answer 10

Low-altitude and looks like a gray blanket covering the sky and brings light drizzle.

Question 11

Cirrus

Answer 11

Thin, whisky and white; high altitude; brings fair weather; looks like a feather.

Question 12

Vertical cloud

Answer 12

Grow vertically; stretch from 1,000-12,000 meters; can be very dark in color;brings thunderstorms.

Question 13

Transpiration

Answer 13

How plants get food.

Question 14

Rain

Answer 14

Starts as ice crystals; turns to raindrops as the temperature goes above freezing (greater than 33 degrees or 0 degrees F; raindrops freeze as they touch any object.

Question 15

Sleet

Answer 15

Starts as ice crystals and turns into rain; fall through cold air and freeze in the air;dozen raindrops.

Question 16

Snow

Answer 16

Start and remain as ice crystals as long as the air temperature is below freezing.

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

Strong sides blow raindrops into the top of the clouds form ice; the ice is blow through the cloud many times when the ice gets too heavy it falls as hail.