Water cycle Flashcards
Evaporation
When water is warm by the sun
Water vapor
It is a gas
Runoff
When water on a mountain flows off and into a river or lake or stream
Precipitation
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls to the ground
Condensation
The conversions of vapor and gas into water
Sublimation
Its where matter transitions from a solid to a gas without a problem
Transpiration
When a plant absorbs water into its roots
Fog
A cloud at ground level with a little drizzle
Cumulus
A cloud forming rounded into masses that are heaped onto each other
Stratus
A cloud formed into a continuous horizontal gray sheet
Cirrus
Clouds creating wispy tufted streaks
Vertical cloud
A cloud that goes up in the air vertically and take up most of the length of the sky
Rain
When water vapor condenses
Hail
It is made when it updrafts into a thunderstorm
Snow
When water vapor freezes before it turns into a liquid