Water On Earth

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The Water Cycle is the repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

Changing of liquid to water vapor (liquid to gas).

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor turns to liquid (Gas to liquid). Condensation forms dew.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

Water falls from a cloud as rain,snow,sleet, or hail.

Question 5

Runoff

Answer 5

Water moving downhill either on the surface or subsurface.

Question 6

Accumulation

Answer 6

Water collecting at the lowest point.

Question 7

Sublimation

Answer 7

Ice changing to water vapor without first melting.

Question 8

Frost

Answer 8

Water vapor freezes without becoming a liquid.

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

When water from plant leaves evaporates.

• Can occur during photosynthesis
• Evaporates from leaves
• Factors that affect transpiration: Leaf type,Wind,Temperature,Humidity, Etc.

Question 10

Cirrus Clouds

Answer 10

Thin wispy, white, (Made of ice crystals)

Question 11

Vertical Clouds

Answer 11

Form vertically sometimes called Thunderheads or Cimulonimbus.

Question 12

Cumulus Clouds

Answer 12

Bottoms look dark because little sunlight gets through. Puffy, cotton ball like, and small.

Question 13

Stratus Clouds

Answer 13

Layered and cover the whole sky and look dark.

Question 14

Fog

Answer 14

Stratus Cloud at Ground level.

Question 15

Snow

Answer 15

Water Vapor frozen into ice crystals and then falling as a white layer on the ground.

Question 16

Sleet (Frozen Raindrops)

Answer 16

Raindrop that freezes in mid-air.

Question 17

Rain

Answer 17

Moisture condensed form the atmosphere and falls from clouds as raindrops.

Question 18

Freezing Rain

Answer 18

When rain freezes once it touches an object below 32 F Degrees or 0 C Degrees.

Question 19

Hail

Answer 19

When wind pushes ice back into a cloud and falls as a solid ice that can be very large or small.