Water Cycle (SIMPLE)

What is it called when water is absorbed into the ground?

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

What is it called when water rises up into the atmosphere as a gas?

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Cloudimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when a solid turns directly into a gas?

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Abomination

• Transpiration

What is it called when plants soak up water and eventually release it back into the environment?

• Bioimation

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

What is it called when gaseous water returns to its liquid form?

• Freezing

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Melting

What is it called when water falls from the sky and returns to the Earth's surface?

• Precipitation

• Melting

• Condensation

• Transpiration

What is it called when water does NOT soak into the ground and instead returns to the ocean via rivers and streams?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Melting

What is it called when water returns to its liquid state from its solid state?

• Freezing

• Condensation

• Melting

• Runoff

What is it called when water returns to its solid state from its liquid state?

• Melting

• Crystallization

• Evaporation

• Freezing

What is needed for water droplets to form in the atmosphere?

• Denser air

• Small pieces of dust, smoke, etc.

• Ice crystals

• Small pieces of debris left over from the formation of the Earth that float around the atmosphere