The Water Cycle

Energy from the _________ drives the water cycle.

• clouds

• sun

• water

• ground

The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

• Condensation

Rainwater that runs down the side of a hill and back into a water source.

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Water Cycle

• Transpiration

The process by which water is heated, turns to vapor, and moves into the atmosphere. (Water changing from liquid to water vapor or gas.)

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Most of Earth’s water is in the _______.

• glaciers

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

The process by which water vapor cools and returns to liquid state.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

The process by which condensed water falls back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

What does water vapor do before it returns to the Earth as rain or snow?

• It condenses and forms clouds in the sky

• lt goes back into the oceans

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

When liquid water is heated and changed into a gas, it is called _______.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation