Water Cycle Review

Question 1

Absorb

Answer 1

To suck up liquid.

Question 2

Atmosphere

Answer 2

The air all around us.

Question 3

Cloud

Answer 3

Tiny water droplets in the air.

Question 4

Condensation

Answer 4

Gas to a liquid.

Question 5

Collection

Answer 5

When precipitation falls.

Question 6

Estuary

Answer 6

When fresh water and salt water meet.

Question 7

Evaporation

Answer 7

Liquid to gas.

Question 8

Freezing

Answer 8

Liquid to 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 in the ocean.

Question 13

Icecap

Answer 13

Thick sheets of ice that cover the north and south poles of the Earth.

Question 14

Lake

Answer 14

Large bodies of water surrounded by land.

Question 15

Melting

Answer 15

Solid to liquid.

Question 16

Ocean

Answer 16

The largest bodies of salt water.

Question 17

Percolation

Answer 17

When water is sucked into the ground.

Question 18

Poraus

Answer 18

Filled with tiny spaces or openings that allow water to be absorbed.

Question 19

Precipitation

Answer 19

When different kinds of water falls from the sky.

Question 20

Natural Resource

Answer 20

A useful tradable or necessary material found in nature

Question 21

River

Answer 21

Fresh water flowing in a channel.

Question 22

Runoff

Answer 22

Water that flows across the earth by gravity.

Question 23

Surface water

Answer 23

Visible water on earths surface.

Question 24

Transpiration

Answer 24

The process when water vapor is released into the atmosphere by plants’ leaves.

Question 25

Water cycle

Answer 25

The constant movement of water on Earth and in the atmosphere.

Question 26

Water table

Answer 26

The highest level of soil where the ground is filled with water.

Question 27

Water vapor

Answer 27

Water in its gas state.