Water cycle key terms

Any source of moisture reaching the ground from the sky e.g rain

Water sinking into the soil/rock from the ground surface

Water seeping deeper below the surface

Water being held in one part of the water cycle. This could be in ice and snow, within the atmosphere, in lakes, soil, the sea or underground

Water changing state from a liquid to a gas , due to heat energy

Water flowing through the rock layer parallel to the surface

Water evaporating from the leaves of plants and trees

water flowing on top of the ground, down slopes.

Water vapour in the air (gas) cooling as it rises, and changing state into a liquid (water)

Water flowing on top of the ground in the channels of streams or rivers.