Water On Earth

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

Changing liquid water to water vapor (liquid-gas)

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor turns into a liquid, such as water droplets in a cloud (gas-liquid)

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

Water falls from clouds as snow, sleet, hail, or rain

Question 5

Runoff

Answer 5

Water moving downhill

Question 6

Accumulation

Answer 6

Water collects at the lowest point.

Question 7

Sublimation

Answer 7

Ice changing to water vapor (gas) without melting

Question 8

Frost

Answer 8

Water vapor (gas) freezes without turning into a liquid

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

When water is released by the pores, it turns into water vapor, then it evaporates.

Question 10

Cirrus clouds

Answer 10

Thin, wispy,, white, high altitude clouds. It brings fair weather and it is made of ice crystals.

Question 11

Vertical clouds

Answer 11

Brings thunderstorms. A.K.A. Thunderheads or cumulonimbus. Gets darker towards the bottom.

Question 12

(Alto) Cumulous clouds

Answer 12

Mid-altitude clouds, looks dark on the bottom because little sunlight gets through. It is small and puffy

Question 13

Stratus cloud

Answer 13

Low altitude cloud. It covers the sky. It is is layered and looks dark

Question 14

Fog

Answer 14

A cloud that touches the ground

Question 15

Rain

Answer 15

Water droplets that fall from clouds

Question 16

Snow

Answer 16

Frozen water droplets that fall from clouds as light, fluffy, white drops

Question 17

Hail

Answer 17

Pellets of sleet that are formed together.

Question 18

Sleet

Answer 18

Ice pieces that are made of ice and rain

Question 19

Freezing rain

Answer 19

It falls from a cloud as a liquid, but once it hits an object that is 32 F or 0 C, it will freeze on the object