Water Cycle

Moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.

• snow

• sleet

• rain

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

• condensation

• humidity

• rain

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Dry, cold, climate zone above 60 degrees latitude. Cold climate zone where the sun's rays strike Earth at a very low angle.

• Polar zone

• Temperate zone

• Tropical zone

• Florida

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers -

• sleet

• snow

• rain

• hail

Water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth as rain, sleet, or snow.

• ground water

• surface runoff

• precipitation

• reservoir

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes.

• snow

• rain

• sleet

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The change of state from a gas directly to a solid skipping the liquid state.

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

• ground water

• reservoir

• surface runoff

• hydrosphere

The watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.

• hydrosphere

• reservoir

• ground water

• surface runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Consistent, moderate, without extremes, climate zones with moderate temperatures that are located between the tropics and the polar zones.

• tropical zone

• polar zone

• artic circle

• temperate zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6