Water Cycle

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What is the process called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?

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Evaporation

Front

What is the process called when plants release water vapor from their leaves?

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Transpiration

Front

What do we call areas of land that allow water to filter underground?

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Watersheds

Front

True or False: The sun is the source of heat energy for the water cycle.

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True

Front

What is the process where water from the surface is absorbed by soil and moves into the groundwater?

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Percolation

Front

What is condensation in the water cycle?

Back

The process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water, forming clouds.

Front

What is precipitation?

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Any form of water that falls from clouds to the Earth's surface, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Front

What role does the sun play in the water cycle?

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It provides the heat energy needed for evaporation.

Front

What is groundwater?

Back

Water that is stored underground in soil and rock layers.

Front

What is the water cycle?

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The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.