Water Cycle Flashcards
Water cycle
Constant movement of water through out the atmosphere and earth
Evaporation
The process of water turning to water vapor
Condensation
Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
Precipitation
Water falling from the clouds.
Runoff
The draining of water going downhill.
Accumulation
The gathering or build up of weather.
Sublimation
When anything turns into a gas without first becoming a liquid.
Frost
Small ice crystals
Transpiration
The process where plants absorb there water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in there leaves.
Cirrus clouds
A wispy cloud that is very high up in the air
Cumulonimbus
Cloud forming at a large mass flat bass and low altitude.
Cumulus
Cloud forming a rounded mass at low altitude
Stratus clouds
Cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray sheet
Fog
A thick cloud of tiny water droplets
Rain
Moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly