Water Cycle Flashcards
Water cycle
The process of water becoming different forms (never stops)
Evaporation
The process of water becoming water vapor liquid to gas
Condensation
The process of water becoming clouds liquid to liquid
Precepetation
The process of water becoming rain liquid to liquid/solid
Sublimation
The process of ice becoming water vapor before melting
Runoff
The process of water going down hill
Water vapor
A form of water as a gas
Transpiration
The process of when plants sweat, or release water into the air
Fog
A cloud that is thick forming at ground level
Cumulus
A cloud at about 6,000 m in the sky are dark and flat
Stratus
A cloud at about 2,000 to 4,000 m in the sky is bringing light rain
Cirrus
A cloud bringing fair weather at a high altitude
Vertical cloud
A cloud going up, the highest cloud
Rain
Precipitation that is liquid, temp. is above freezing
Hail
Blocks of ice pushed to the top of a cloud until it is to heavy to go up more and it falls, mainly is summer