Water Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What is the process of things falling from the sky?
A
Precipitation
2
Q
What is groundwater?
A
Water that has soaked into the ground
3
Q
What does permeable mean?
A
Let’s water soak through
4
Q
What does impermeable mean?
A
Will not let water through
5
Q
What is condensation?
A
When gas turns into clouds
6
Q
What is evaporation?
A
When water turns into gas and rises
7
Q
What is interception?
A
When leaves catch rain when it falls
8
Q
What does the sun do?
A
Powers the water cycle
9
Q
What is surface runoff?
A
When the rain water runs of the surface
10
Q
What does infiltration mean?
A
When rain soaks into the ground