Water Cycle Vocabulary

Groundwater is _____________________________________.

• water that has a very small amount of salt

   

• a place where freshwater from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean.

•    water that has a lot of salt

•     the freshwater under the earth’s surface

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The movement of water from earth’s surface into the air and back to the surface again is called ______________________________.

• evaporation

• water cycle

• condensation

• surface runoff

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The water that gathers in large bodies like oceans, seas, and lakes is called _________________________________.

• transpiration

• accumulation

• condensation

• precipitation

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The process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas).

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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The water from plants that evaporates into the atmosphere is called ____.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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The process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water is called_____________________.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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Precipitation is ______________________.

• any type of water that falls from the sky.

• the water from plants that evaporates into the atmosphere

• the water that gathers in large bodies like oceans, seas, and lakes

• rain, melting snow, or other water that flows in streams, rivers, or canals

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Surface runoff is ______________________________________.

• any type of water that falls from the sky.

• the water from plants that evaporates into the atmosphere

• the water that gathers in large bodies like oceans, seas, and lakes

• rain, melting snow, or other water that flows in streams, rivers, or canals

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What are the four types of precipitation?

• rain, snow, slime, and hair

• rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans

• rain, snow, sleet, and hail

• evaporation, condensation, transpiration, precipitation

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Clouds in the sky are formed by______________.

• evaporating water

• accumulating water

• condensing water

• surface runoff

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