Water On Earth

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

The changing of liquid water to water vapor (liquid to gas)

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor turns into a liquid (gas to liquid)

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

The water falls from a cloud as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

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 changes into 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 plants leaves and then it evaporates

Question 10

Cirrus Clouds

Answer 10

Thin, and wispy, white, high-altitude. Bring fair weather, and made out of ice crystals

Question 11

Vertical Clouds

Answer 11

Bring thunderstorms, sometimes called thunderheads/Cumulonimbus

Question 12

Cumulus

Answer 12

Mid-Altitude. Look dark on bottom b/c little sunlight gets through.It is also small and puffy.

Question 13

Stratus

Answer 13

Low-Altitude. Cover the sky. Layered and look dark

Question 14

Fog

Answer 14

Stratus cloud at ground level, and its gray and its is made out of ice crystals.

Question 15

Rain

Answer 15

Its when ice crystals form inside a cloud and when it can’t hold the ice crystals, it will fall out of the cloud a water droplets.

Question 16

Snow

Answer 16

Its when ice crystals fall from the cloud

Question 17

Sleet

Answer 17

It falls as rain droplets first, then it freezes and then CRASH!!! Hits the ground.

Question 18

Hail

Answer 18

Its when ice crystals in clouds build up and come together and then it falls as hail.

Question 19

Freezing Rain

Answer 19

It is when rain droplets fall on a very cold object and freezes