Water On Earht Flashcards
Water Cycle
Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms
Evaporation
When the sun warms water and turns into water vapor
Condensation
When water vapor turns into a cloud
Precipitation
When water falls from the cloud in either rain snow sleet or hail
Runoff
Water moving down hill
Accumulation
Water collecting in the lowest point
Subilation
Ice turning into water without first melting
Frost
Water vapor freezes without turning into liquid
Cirrus clouds
Cirrus clouds are high up they are 6,000 meters high in the sky they are thin and wispy and made up of ice crystals
Vertical clouds
Form vertically some times called thunderheads or cumulonimbus
Cumulus clouds
Look like small puffy balls bottom look dark because little sunlight gets through
Stratus clouds
Clover the whole sky and layered
Fog
Stratus clouds but at ground level
Transpiration
When water from plant leaves evaporate
Rain
When liquid falls from a cloud