Water Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What is the process of things falling from the sky?
A
Precipitation
2
Q
What is it called when the sun warms the up the sea and turns the water into gas?
A
Evaporation
3
Q
Explain the process of condensing.
A
The warm air rises. As it rises it cools. The water vapour condenses into tiny water droplets. These form clouds.
4
Q
Explain the process of ground water.
A
The rest soaks right down, and fills up the pores and the cracks in the rock. Now it is called ground water.
5
Q
What does impermeable mean?
A
It doesn’t absorb liquid.
6
Q
What is it called when rainwater just runs along the ground?
A
Surface runoff.
7
Q
What does infiltration mean?
A
Infiltration is when the rest of the rainwater soaks into the ground.
8
Q
The sun powers the waterfall. True or False?
A
True.
