Water On Earth Flashcards
Water cycle
The repeated movement of water
Evaporation
Changing of liquid water wapor
Condensation
Forms dew and helps forms clouds
Precipitation
Rain
Runoff
When water is moving downhill
Accumulation
Where water reaches and stops like ocean ,lake, and much more
Sublimation
Ice changes to water vapor without melting
Frost
Water vapor freezes without melting
Cirrus cloud
Thin, wispy, white, high altitude, nice weather, made of ice crystals
Vertical clouds
Bring thunder storms, sometimes called thunder heads, stretch out.
Cumulus cloud
Mid level, look dark on the bottom because little sun light gets through, small and puffy
Stratus cloud
Low altitude, covers the sky, layered and looks dark because they don’t let light through.
Fog
Fog is a stratus clouds and touches the ground.
Transporation
through the roots and then I’ve off water vapor
Rain
Water droplets that fall from the sky
Made when water droplets connects to a dust particle and falls