Weather and Water INV 7 Vocabulary Review

the process by which liquid water changes into water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• dew point
• transpiration

the continuous process by which water travels through plants and releases as water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• precipitation 

anything that has mass and takes up space

• weight
• mass
• volume
• matter

energy of motion

• potential energy
• states of matter
• kinetic energy
• transpiration 

the process by which water vapor changes into liquid water, usually on a surface

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• precipitation

the temperature at which air is saturated with water vapor and vapor condenses into liquid

• saturated
• dew point
• transpiration
• condensation

tiny surfaces on which water may condense

• condensation
• condensation nucleus
• saturated
• transpiration 

solid, liquid, or gas

• condensation nucleus
• states of matter
• saturated
• transpiration

when air contains as much water vapor as it can at a certain temperature

• saturated
• dew point
• transpiration
• evaporation

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

• precipitation
• transpiration
• condensation
• evaporation