Weather & Water Inv 7

the process by which liquid water changes into water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• dew point
• transpiration

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 

This kind of water is in the form of sleet, snow, hail, or rain. 

• evaporation
• water vapor
• precipitation
• condensation

What gives water the energy it needs to move around the different phases of the water cycle?

• heat
• salt water
• groundwater
• the sun