Water Cycle Terms

Water Cycle

• Movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans and living things

• Movement of water throughout the Earth

• Water recycling

• Rain, snow, sleet and hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water Vapor

• Liquid

• Gas

• Solid

• Changing of state

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Evaporation

• solid changes to liquid, happens over land

• solid changes to gas, happens over oceans

• liquid changes into water vapor, happens from land and oceans

• release of water vapor from plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Transpiration

• liquid changes into water vapor, happens from land and oceans

• solid changes to gas

• release of water vapor from plants

• liquid changes to solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sublimation

• solid water turns into water vapor, skipping the liquid phase

• solid water turns into liquid, skipping the gas phase

• liquid water turns into a solid

• gaseous water turns into a liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Condensation

• change of state from liquid to gas

• change of state from gas to solid

• change of state from solid to liquid

• change of state from gas to liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Precipitation

• any form of changing states of water

• any form of water that falls to Earth

• any form of rain

• any form of snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Runoff

• water flows through rivers

• water pools in lakes

• water flows downhill due to gravity

• water ends up in oceans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Infiltration

• water that causes runoff

• water that pools in puddles around the ground

• watre that seeps into plants and causes transpiration

• water that seeps into land and becomes groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Ice Flow

• moving glaciers

• moving water

• moving groundwater

• moving icey water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4