Water On Eart Flashcards
Water cycle
The constant movement of water moving around the earth
Evaporation
When water changes from liquid to a gas
Condensation
When water vapor turns into a liquid
Precipitation
When water falls from as a cloud as rain or sleet or snow or hail
Runoff
Water moving down hill
Accumulation
Water collecting at the lowest point
Sublimation
Ice changing into water va[por without first melting
Frost
When the tempeture is below freezing
Cirrus clouds
High altitude clouds that are thin, wispy and white
Vertical clouds
Sometimes called thunderheads because they often cause storms
Cumulus clouds
Are puffy clouds that sometimes look like pieces of cotton floating in the air
stratus clouds
Low level clouds that are a bunch of separate cotton balls
Fog
Stratus cloud at ground level
Rain
A liquid that falls from clouds
Snow
Rain in the form of ice crystals
Hail
Frozen rain
Freezing rain
When it hits an object that’s under 32 degrees Fahrenheit it freezes and becomes freezing rain
Sleet
When rain falls from a cloud it is under 32 degrees it becomes sleet.