Water Cycle

Question 1

Absorb

Answer 1

To suck up

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

The air all around the Earth

Question 3

Cloud

Answer 3

A mass of 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 saltwater and freshwater

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

Groundwater

Answer 10

Water in the ground

Question 11

Humidity

Answer 11

The measure of how much water is in the air

Question 12

Iceberg

Answer 12

Large chunks of ice floating in the ocean

Question 13

Lake

Answer 13

A large body of water surrounded by land

Question 14

Melting

Answer 14

The process when a solid changes to a liquid

Question 15

Ocean

Answer 15

The largest bodies of saltwater 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

Question 19

Natural resource

Answer 19

A useful tradable or necessary material found in nature

Question 20

River

Answer 20

Fresh water flowing in a channel

Question 21

Runoff

Answer 21

Water that flows across the Earth by gravity to collect in ponds, lakes and oceans

Question 22

Surface water

Answer 22

Visible water on Earth’s surface

Question 23

Transpiration

Answer 23

The process