Water Cycle Vocab Quiz

Water droplets fall from the atmosphere.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Water Cycle

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth.

• Thunderstrorms

• The Water Cycle

• Run-Off

The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

• Evaporation

• Transipiration

• Precipitation

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Run-Off