The Water Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
Water cycle
A
It is the cycle of water and its steps in it
2
Q
Evaporation
A
When water is heated up into a gas
3
Q
Condensation
A
When water vapor becomes water
4
Q
Precipitation
A
When it rains,snows,sleets or hail
5
Q
Sublimation
A
When ice evaporates strait to water vapor
6
Q
Water vapor
A
It is the stage of water as a gas
7
Q
Transpiration
A
When a plant “sweats”
8
Q
Fog
A
Clouds that are the lowest to the ground
9
Q
Cumulus
A
They are the big fluffy ones
10
Q
Stratus
A
Flat and covering the sky
11
Q
Cirrus
A
The light and wavy ones
12
Q
Vertical cloud
A
Also known as the cumulonimbus cloud the most dangerous
13
Q
Rain
A
When water falls from the sky
14
Q
Hail
A
Ice crystal that cycled through the cloud many times and got way bigger
15
Q
Sleet
A
Drops of water that were frozen before they hit the ground
