Water Cycle

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

the continuous process by which water is circulated throughout the earth and the atmosphere through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and the transpiration of plants and animals.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

process where liquids change to a gas or vapor.

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

opposite of evaporation- takes place when water vapor in the air
condenses from a gas, back to liquid form, and leaves the atmosphere, returning to the
surface of the Earth in the form of clouds.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

the liquid and water particles that fall from clouds to reach the ground
(drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, snow pellets, ice crystals, hail).

Question 5

Water Vapor

Answer 5

The gas state of water. Develops during evaporation.

Question 6

Runoff

Answer 6

water from rain, snowmelt, or other sources that flows from the land surface
back into the ocean or underground into aquifers and is a major component of the water
cycle.

Question 7

Transpiration

Answer 7

water that evaporates from the leaves of plants