Water Cycle Practice

Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air touches it (gas to liquid).

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• distillation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.

• groundwater

• runoff

• precipitation

• sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The changing of a liquid into a gas.

• deposition

• runoff

• transpiration

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Droplets come together to form rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

• infiltration

• groundwater

• precipitation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water on the surface of the ground soaks into the soil.

• infiltration

• groundwater

• evaporation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Radiant energy emitted by the sun.

• infiltration

• thermodiation

• runoff

• solar radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Process by which moisture is carried through plants from their roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere.

• transpiration

• infiltration

• evaporation

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, often downhill.

• groundwater

• runoff

• infiltration

• lakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4