Vocabulary Words Flashcards
Transpiration
When plants let water run off of them
Condensation
When water vapor cools to form water droplets
Percolation
When water soaks into the ground
Universal solvent
Water
3 jobs of clouds
- Make water around around earth
- Regulate temperature on earth
- Block sunlight, cools
Traps heat like a blanket
Sublimation
When frozen water goes to gas
Types of precipitation
Rain,snow,sleet,hail,ice
What is runoff
Precipitation falls to the ground and returns to oceans lakes rivers and streams
What is groundwater
Precipitation that soaks into the ground
Reservoir
A man made lake for storing drinking water
What are forms of condensation?
Water droplets on mirror
Dew on plants
Windshields in morning
What are types of evaporation
Water boiling
Blow drying hair
Drying your clothes
Puddles disappearing
Evaporation
Process of water turning to gas
Cumulus cloud
Form as warm moist air moves high into the sky
Circus cloud
Formed high in the sky where the temperature is cold
Stratus cloud
A cloud that is low and forms flat wide layers
Nimbus cloud
A rain cloud
Difference in clouds
Some are high , low,or in middle
Moist, dry, and cold climates
Do clouds form the same way.
Yes but look differently depending on water, land, and air interact
How do clouds form.
Clouds form from water vapor that is cooled and sticks to particles in the sky
Do some clouds glow?
Yes
How do you measure precipitation
Rain gauge
What is a cumulus nimbus cloud
Highest cloud- thunderstorms
What tells when rain is over
Rainbow
