Water Cycle

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

Liquid turns into a gas

Question 2

Infiltration

Answer 2

Water soaks into the ground

Question 3

Percolation

Answer 3

Water soaks deep into the ground below the soil and rock layer

Question 4

Condensation

Answer 4

Gas turns into a liquid

Question 5

Surface run off

Answer 5

The ground cannot absorb any more rainfall so water flows over the surface of the land

Question 6

Throughflow

Answer 6

Water flows through the soil

Question 7

Precipitation

Answer 7

Moisture falling from the sky (e.g. rain, sleet, hail, snow)

Question 8

Transpiration

Answer 8

Water is lost through plants to the atmosphere

Question 9

Interception

Answer 9

Rainfall is caught by plants before reaching the ground

Question 10

Liquid turns into a gas

Answer 10

Evaporation

Question 11

Water soaks into the ground

Answer 11

Infiltration

Question 12

Water soaks deep into the ground below the soil and rock layer

Answer 12

Percolation

Question 13

Gas turns into a liquid

Answer 13

Condensation

Question 14

The ground cannot absorb any more rainfall so water flows over the surface of the land

Answer 14

Surface run off

Question 15

Water flows through the soil

Answer 15

Throughflow

Question 16

Moisture falling from the sky (e.g. rain, sleet, hail, snow)

Answer 16

Precipitation

Question 17

Water is lost through plants to the atmosphere

Answer 17

Transpiration

Question 18

Rainfall is caught by plants before reaching the ground

Answer 18

Interception