WATER CYCLE TERMS "The Last Drop" Video

Any liquid or solid water particles that fall from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface (ex: drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, ice crystals, ice pellets) is called...

• Discharge

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil is...

• Infiltration

• Percolation

• Condensation

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Liquid that flows over and away from a surface is...

• Evaporation

• Run-off

• Discharge

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The evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant (shrub, tree, etc.) is...

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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The process by which groundwater exits the ground is known as...

• Discharge

• Percolation

• Transpiration

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When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or may end up on land. This is called the __________ of water.

• Interception

• Collection

• Run-off

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The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water; it's the opposite of evaporation. ____________ is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Condensation

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___________ is the movement of water through the soil itself, down to the underground water.

• Run-off

• Precipitation

• Percolation

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___________ occurs when sunlight warms the surface of the water. The heat from the sun makes the water molecules move faster and faster, until they move so fast they escape as a gas into the air.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Collection

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____________ refers to all processes that prevent rainfall from immediately reaching the soil. (ex: by catching rainfall on leaf surfaces throughout the canopy, and through the litter that it deposits on the ground).

• Interception

• Collection

• Percolation

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