Water Cycle - Climate & Weather

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

• The moon T

• The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

• The sun

• he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

The act of turning from a gas into a liquid. ________________________

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

The act of turning from a liquid into a gas. ___________________

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

The process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. __________________________

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

The fall of water, ice, or snow deposited on the surface of the Earth from the atmosphere. __________

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

The process by which plants release water through the pores in their leaves is called...

• accumulation
• dormancy 
• photosynthesis 
• transpiration

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off