Weather (ESS2-4) Study Guide

A water molecule starts off in the atmosphere in its ____state.

The water molecule rises up higher and higher into the atmosphere. Eventually the molecule rises high enough and loses enough energy that it changes back into a  ______and starts to form a cloud.

This process is shown at number 2 in the diagram and is called _____. The water molecule joins with other molecules to form a droplet.

The water molecule joins with other molecules to form a droplet. Eventually the droplet gets so large that gravity is able to pull it to the ground as _____.

When a droplet gets so large that gravity is able to pull it to the ground is shown in the diagram at number ____.

Now the water molecule has returned to Earth, but where does it go? It soaks into the soil and it eventually get stored as ______.

The process shown at number 1 returns the water molecules to the atmosphere. This process is called _______.

In the process of evaporation (1) shown in the diagram,

In the process of condensation (2) shown in the diagram,

In the process of transpiration (3) shown in the diagram,