The Water Cycle Vocab

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

is the conversion of liquid water into water vapor. This is how clouds form.”

Question 2

Precipitation

Answer 2

“water vapor condensing and falling to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.”

Question 3

Evapotranspiration

Answer 3

“Evapotranspiration, similar to evaporation but involving plants, occurs when leaves lose water and the water becomes a vapor.”

Question 4

Groundwater

Answer 4

“is water that has seeped into the soil and rocks and is stored underground. An underground water storage is known as an aquifer.”

Question 5

Surface water

Answer 5

“Surface water is water stored above ground in lakes, rivers, and streams”

Question 6

Condensation

Answer 6

“occurs when water vapor collects, condenses, and forms droplets.”

Question 7

Sublimination

Answer 7

“is the conversion of water from a solid phase directly to a gaseous phase.”

Question 8

Infiltration

Answer 8

Is water soaking into the soil

Question 9

Surface runoff

Answer 9

“is the runoff of water, usually from rain, into rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds.”