Water Cycle

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• Water

• Sun

• Air

• Temperature

What is evaporation?

• The sun's energy makes Earth's water heat up and turn from water to water vapor.

• Rain, sleet, snow, or hail falls from the clouds.

• Water vapor turns into liquid.

• Water runs off of land into a river, stream, lake, or pond.

What is transpiration?

• The sun heats up Earth's water and water turns from a liquid to a gas.

• Water is released from plant leaves and is turned into water vapor.

• This is when humans sweat.

• Water vapor turns into a liquid.

What is condensation?

• Water turns into water vapor.

• Plants lose water through their leaves.

• Water vapor turns into a liquid.

• Rain, Hail, Sleet, or Snow

What water cycle process feeds water to streams, ponds, lakes, and rivers?

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Groundwater

• Runoff

The permeation of a liquid into the soil is

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Condensation

What is an example of ground water?

• Lake

• Pond

• Stream

• Aquifer

What is rain, hail, sleet, and snow known as?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

What is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock that contains water?

• River

• Aquifer

• Rainfall

• Runoff

The step of the water cycle when water is released from plant leaves is called

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration