Water Cycle Flashcards
What is the gas that is produced when the water droplets are evaporated?
Water Vapour
What is the largest river in the uk?
The Severn- 220 miles, the source is the Cambrian Mountains in wales.
What is the longest river in the world?
River Nile in africa
Name the key word that is used for the start of a river
Source
Name the key word used to describe the end of a river.
Mouth
Name the world’s tallest waterfall.
Angel falls in Venezuela. 800 meters (2624 feet!)
Name the longest river in Europe
The Volga river, Russia
What is the difference between the longest and the largest river.
The longest river travels the farthest. From source to mouth it covers the greatest distance.The largest river is usually the wider and deeper river.
What do we call the rain or sleet or snow or hail that falls from clouds?
Precipitation
When water evoporates from plants, what is this called?
Transpiration
What part of the plant takes in the water to grow
The Roots
Where, on the plant, does Transpiration happen?
Small holes from the underside of the leaf
Define Evoporation
Water is HEATED by the sun.
The water turns into a GAS called WATER VAPOUR which RISES into the atmosphere.
What does Precipitation mean?
The water droplets become bigger and heavier and start to fall from the sky as rain, hails, sleet or snow depending on the temperature.
What does Infiltration mean?
Water soaks into the soil
