Water Section 1

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water

• groundwater

• water table

• watershed

All bodies of fresh water that are found above ground:

• surface water

• groundwater

• runoff

• swimming pond

Most of Earth's liquid fresh water is found__________.

• in ice caps and glaciers

• in lakes

• underground

• in the oceans

The continuous movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, and land.

• water cycle

• runoff

• groundwater

• aquifer

The process by which water evaporates from the leaves of trees and other plants and enters the atmosphere is _________.

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Runoff

When water droplets or ice crystals fall to the ground:

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

When a liquid changes into a gas:

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Evaporation

The process that forms clouds:

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

A glacier is a large mass of moving ice and snow.

• True

• False

Most of Earth's water is found as freshwater.

• True

• False