Lessons 1-2 water properties and water cycle

Water changing from liquid to vapor (gas), usually due to the Sun's heat.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Water changing from vapor (gas) to liquid, which can create clouds, fog, and dew.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

Plants giving off water into atmosphere.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

When solid dry ice becomes a gas this is called (solid goes straight to a gas without going through the liquid stage).

• sublimation
• deposition
• condensation
• evaporation

Water flowing downhill, through gravity, over the Earth's surface, collecting into streams and rivers.

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

What is the name of the openings found in a leaf that allow water to escape?

• stomata

• transpiration

• steam

• hakuna matata

Surface tension is the property of water in which...

• water molecules at the surface tend to stick together.

• water spills easily.

• water tends to be see-through.

Describe COHESION.

• Water molecules attracted to other substances.

• Water molecules climbing upwards against the force of gravity.

• Water molecules dissolving many substances because of its polarity.

• Water molecules attracted to other water molecules.

What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• helium and carbon
• oxygen and carbon

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

• cohesion
• adhesion
• capillary action
• surface tension