water cycle

To turn from a gas into a liquid. 

• vapor
• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

Liquid water that falls back to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• vapor
• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

The continual movement of water between land, ocean, and the air.

• vapor
• water vapor
• water cycle
• precipitation 

The gaseous form of water; produced when water evaporates.

• precipitation
• evaporation
• water vapor
• condensation 

The process in plants by which water is taken up by the roots and released as water vapor through stomata in the leaves.

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration 

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

• vapor
• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration 

The draining away of water from the land’s surface into bodies of water. (examples: streams, rivers, lakes, oceans)

• precipitation 
• evaporation
• run-off
• groundwater 

which answer best defines condensation?

• the process of changing from a liquid to a gas, usually caused by energy from the sun
• the process in which animals release water vapor
• the process of changing from a gas to a liquid, such as water vapor changing into water
• water falling to the surface of the Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow

Which of these is not an example of precipitation?

• rain
• clouds
• sleet
• snow

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun
• the earth
• water
• the moon