Water Cycle Flashcards
What is the process of rain?
Precipitation
How do clouds form?
When water on the ground evaporates into the sky as a gas and condensates.
What is the term that means ‘will not let water through’?
Impermeable
What provides heat and powers the water cycle?
Sun
What does interception mean?
When leaves catch some rain when it falls
What does permeable mean?
A surface that lets water soak through
What is the term to ‘let rain soak into the ground’?
Groundwater
How would you describe surface runoff?
When rain water runs over the surface
Explain the water cycle
Energy from the Sun heats the surface of the Earth.
Water is evaporated from oceans, rivers, lakes, etc.
The warm, moist air rises because it is less dense.
Condensation occurs when water vapour is turned back into water droplets as it cools down. Clouds are formed.
Precipitation occurs as water droplets get bigger and heavier they begin to fall as rain, snow and sleet, etc.
The water cycle is also known as…
Hydrological cycle
