Water On Earth

Question 1

Water cycle

Answer 1

A repeated movement of water through the water cycle through different forms

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

Changing of liquid water to water vapor

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor turns into a liquid

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, hail etc.

Question 5

Runoff

Answer 5

Moving water that fell as precipitation

Question 6

Accumulation

Answer 6

Water collects at the lowest point

Question 7

Sublimation

Answer 7

Ice changing into water vapor without melting

Question 8

Frost

Answer 8

Water vapor that freezes without melting first

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

Plants let off water from the leaves and it evaporates

Question 10

Cirrus clouds

Answer 10

Thin, wispy, high

Question 11

Cumulus

Answer 11

Puffy, large, thick, medium height

Question 12

Rain

Answer 12

Liquid form of precipitation, temp above 32f or 0c

Question 13

Freezing rain

Answer 13

Freezes when it touches object 32f or 0c. Falls as rain.

Question 14

Sleet

Answer 14

Freezes while falling, frozen rain

Question 15

Snow

Answer 15

Cloud is cold and water droplets form tiny ice crystals which collide and turn into snow flakes.

Question 16

Hail

Answer 16

Hail is in the cloud. Wind blows through the cloud and the hail collects and forms hailstones.

Question 17

Vertical clouds

Answer 17

Thunder clouds, large, thick, puffy, stormy

Question 18

Stratus clouds

Answer 18

Low level, horizontal, flat, layered

Question 19

Fog

Answer 19

Thick cloud of tiny water droplets low to the ground