Water On Earth Flashcards
Water Cycle
Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms
Evaporation
When water turns into water vapor
Condensation
When gas turns into gas
Precipitation
Water falls from clouds as, rain, snow, or sleet
Runoff
When water flows down hill
Sublimation
ice changing to water vapor without first melting
Frost
Water vapor freezes without becoming liquid
Transpiration
When water from plant leaves evaporate
Cirrus Clouds
A thin wispy clouds that it is found in the atmosphere around 12,000 meters.
Vertical Clouds
Vertically formed and found in the atmosphere around 8,000 meters to around 4,000 meters
Cumulus Clouds
They are puffy and circle like
Stratus Clouds
Rain clouds that are very dark
Fog
Basically a stratus cloud on ground level
Accumulation
Water collecting at the lowest point
Rain
Precipitation
Snow
When ice crystal fall through air is at freezing point
Sleet
When ice crystals melt in warm air then freeze in cold air
Hail
When ice crystals join together and wind pushes them together until they fall
Freezing rain
When ice crystal melt and hit an object that is a freezing point or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit