Water Cycle Vocabulary

The downward process of moving water from the land surface into soil or porous rock

• precipitation

• water cycle

• runoff

• infiltratration

process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

• runoff

• precipitation

• condensation

• water cycle

process by which water circulates between the Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land

• water cycle

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas

• condensation

• evaporation

• water cycle

• infiltration

the process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water

• transpiration

• condensation

• sublimation

• runoff

process of water movement through a plant by evaporating into the atmosphere

• transpiration

• sublimation

• evaporation

• water cycle

water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, and hail

• sublimation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

precipitation that did not get absorbed into soil, or evaporate

• transpiration

• evaporation

• sublimation

• runoff

The ocean stores what percentage of Earth's water from the water cycle?

• 95%

• 94.5%

• 96.5%

• 97%

The atmosphere is a form of water storage, because it transports water around the globe and...

• involves transpiration and sublimation

• involves condensation and precipitation

• involves evaporation and runoff

• involves sublimation and condensation