Unit 5 - Lesson 1

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again 🌨➡️🌎➡️⤴️🌫

The Sun ☀️ provides the energy for water to move through the water cycle

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

The changing of water from a liquid to a gas

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

The mixture of gases that surrounds Earth

Question 4

Water Vapor

Answer 4

The invisible gas that is formed when water evaporates

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

The changing of water from a gas to a liquid

Question 6

Clouds

Fog

Answer 6

Made of water droplets or ice crystals or both

A cloud that forms near the ground

Question 7

Precipitation

Answer 7

Water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface.

Example: rain, snow and hail

Question 8

Groundwater

Answer 8

Water that is stored underground - can be near the surface or very deep

Question 9

Runoff

Answer 9

Water that cannot soak into the ground but flows across Earth’s surface

Question 10

Glacier

Answer 10

A large slow-moving mass of ice

Question 11

Aquifer

Answer 11

A body of rock that stores groundwater. A huge underground water reservoir

People can drill into an aquifer and pump water to the surface.

Question 12

Recharge Areas

Answer 12

Places where water is added to an aquifer by precipitation

Question 13

Transpiration

Answer 13

The process in which plants 🪴 return water vapor to the atmosphere