Water Vocabulary

Water that fills cracks and pores in underground rock and soil layers

• Bedrock water

• Surface Water

• Groundwater

• Water Cycle

Invisible gaseous form of water

• Water Vapor

• gas

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

continuous process of water moving from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back, passing all parts of the environment

• water cycle

• Aquifer

• Cycle

• Clouds

Process of molecules at the surface of a liquid, such as water, absorbs enough energy to change into a gaseous state, such as water vapor

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

Process of Plants releasing water vapor through their leaves

• evaporation

• condensation

• Watering

• Transpiration

forms of water such as rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface

• raining

• evaporation

• Condensation

• precipitation

Underground layer of rock or soil that holds water

• Lake

• Aquifer

• Ocean

• Cavern

Coastal inlet or bay where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water

• Estuary

• River bank

• Pond

• Ocean