water cycle

Question 1

absorb

Answer 1

to take in or suck up

Question 2

atmosphere

Answer 2

the air all around the earth

Question 3

cloud

Answer 3

a mass of tiny water droplets (liquid) or ice crystals (solid) suspended in the air

Question 4

condensation

Answer 4

the process when a gas changes to a liquid

Question 5

collection

Answer 5

when precipitation falls from the sky and runoff carries it to lakes ponds and the ocean the natural process of gathering water

Question 6

estuary

Answer 6

an area where a river flows into an ocean creating a mix of salt water and fresh water

Question 7

evaporation

Answer 7

the process when a liquid changes to a gas

Question 8

freezing

Answer 8

the process when a liquid changes to a solid

Question 9

glacier

Answer 9

huge moving rivers of ice

Question 10

ground water

Answer 10

water in the ground

Question 11

humidity

Answer 11

the measure of how much water is in the air

Question 12

ice berg

Answer 12

large chunks of ice floating in the ocean

Question 13

ice cap

Answer 13

thick (mostly) permanet sheets of ice that covers the north and south poles of the earth

Question 14

lake

Answer 14

a large body of water surrounded by land

Question 15

ocean

Answer 15

the largest bodies of salt water on earth

Question 16

percolation

Answer 16

the process when water is absorbed into the ground

Question 17

porous

Answer 17

filled with tiny spaces or openings that allow water to be absorbed

Question 18

precipitation

Answer 18

any form of water that falls from the sky to the earth (rain,snow,hail)

Question 19

natural resources

Answer 19

a usfal tradable or necessary materaial found in nature

Question 20

river

Answer 20

fresh water flowing in a chanel (runoff)

Question 21

runoff

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water that flows across the earth by gravity to collect in pond, lakes and oceans

Question 22

surface water

Answer 22

visible water on earths surface lakes,streams and rivers s

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transpiration

Answer 23

the process when water vapor is relesed into the atmospere by plant leaves

Question 24

water cycle

Answer 24

the constent movement of water on earth and in atmophere

Question 25

water table

Answer 25

the highest level of soil where the ground filled with water

Question 26

water vapor

Answer 26

water in its gas state it is invisible if you can see it it is not water vapor