Water Cycle

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

• accumulation

• evaporation

• run-off

• precipitation

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth.

• precipitation

• water cycle

• accumulation

• water changing

A buildup or gathering of something that occurs over time. Ex: rain, snow

• accumulation

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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

• deposition

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing from a gas to a liquid.

• water cycle

• condensation

• accumulation

• transpiration

Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat

• condensation

• transpiration

• accumulation

• evaporation

Water on the Earth moves through the water cycle because of energy that comes from the

• Earth's core

• Sun's heat

• Moon's gravity

• Wind's movement

The Sun's heat energy causes evaporation. Most of the evaporation on the Earth happens to water found in

• lakes

• rivers

• underground

• oceans

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

• cold, rainy

• warm, rainy

• warm, sunny

• cold, sunny