Quiz Water Cycle Vocabulary

The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things

• Condensation

• Water Cycle

• Precipitation

• Sweat

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Places where water molecules collect to form bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, streams, and rivers.

• Rain

• Collection

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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The layer of gases in the air that surround Earth; commonly called the air.

• Atmosphere

• Ice

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

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The change from a gas state to a liquid state

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Percolation

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The process of liquid molecules forming into a solid.

• Crystalization

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Water Cycle

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Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Percolation

• Transpiration

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Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Water Cycle

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When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in soil and rocks

• Percolation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

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Water that flows over land and into bodies of water

• runoff

• ice

• rain

• precipitation

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What are the driving forces of the water cycle?

• Sun

• Moon

• Gravity

• Humans

• Magma

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