Water Cycle Vocabulary

The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

the process by which water evaporates from a plant's leaves

• transpiration

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

process in the water cycle during which streams and rivers carry water back to the oceans

• collection or accumulation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• evaporation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers

• ground water

• run-off

• transpiration

• evaporation

Water found below the Earth's surface.

• transpiration

• accumulation or collection

• ground water

• run-off

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Condensation

• liquid turns to gas

• gas turns to liquid

• liquid escapes plants

• liquid runs across the ground

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.4

Precipitation

• rain, sleet, snow

• fog

• liquid to gas

• gas to liquid

leaves experience evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• accumulation or collection

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.4