Science Vocab

When the sun heats up and water turns into vapor

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

A SET OF STEPS that accomplish a goal

• wind vane

• condensation

• Process

The process of the water cycle where PLANTS release water vapor from their leaves

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

The process of the water cycle where gas cools and becomes a liquid

• Condensation

• precipitation

• accumulation

Water that falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• accumulation

• precipitation

• condensation

A measure of how warm something is?

• heat

• temperature

• wind vane

INSTRUMENT that measures the amount of precipitation

• wind vane

• anemometer

• rain gauge

The spot where water collects; streams, lakes, oceans, puddles

• ponds

• accumulation

• evaporation

Half of the earth

• Quarter

• Hemisphere

• Rain Gauge

The weight of the air above Earth's surface

• air pressure

• barometer

• evaporation