Unit 1 Lesson 2

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

When liquid water changes to gas (water vapor)

Question 3

Transpiration

Answer 3

The release of water vapor into the air by plants

Question 4

Sublimation

Answer 4

When solid water changes directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid
(Solid to gas)

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

Changing from a gas to a liquid

Question 6

Precipitation

Answer 6

Any form of water that falls to Earth from the clouds
Examples: rain, snow, hail

Question 7

Infiltration

Answer 7

When water on land seeps into the ground
Once underground it is called groundwater

Question 8

How does water move on land and in the oceans?

Answer 8

1. Runoff and infiltration
2. Ice flow
3. Ocean circulation

Question 9

What does the water cycle transport?

Answer 9

1. Energy
2. Matter

Question 10

Desalination

Answer 10

The process of removing salt from ocean water

Question 11

Why Does it Matter?

Answer 11

Our survival depends on water which makes up about 2/3 of your body
When you breathe out, you release water vapor which becomes part of the water cycle