Unit 5 - Vocabulary Quiz

The rise and fall of the water in the ocean

• water cycle

• tide

• aquifer

• condensation

The movement of water from one state (solid, liquid, gas) to another as it circulates through the Earth's crust, oceans, and atmosphere

The process by which a gas cools and become a liquid

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• rain

To change from a liquid to a gas

• tornado

• evaporation

• thunderstorm

• atmosphere

Water from rain or snow that flows over the surface of the ground into streams

• saltwater

• temperature

• aquifer

• runoff

Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, or hail

• precipitation

• salinity

• density

• ocean

Flow of water from the land surface to the ground

• water

• temperature

• infiltration

• density

Evaporation from the leaves of a plant

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• saltwater

A layer of rock or sand that can absorb and hold water

• rock cycle

• temperature

• aquifer

• water cycle

The amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air

• atmosphere

• exosphere

• humidity

• salinity