Water Cycle vocab 7th

What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

What is the process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into a liquid?

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

What is the process by which water is moved from the ground into plants and released into the atmosphere?

• Evapotranspiration

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Condensation

What is the process of moving water from the land surface into soil or porous rock?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Infiltration

What is the area of land where all the water that falls on it and drains off of it goes into the same place?

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• Hydrosphere

What is the process by which water is moved to the atmosphere from surface water and transpiration?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Evapotranspiration

• Condensation

What is water locked up in its present state for a relatively long period of time?

• Water storage

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Watershed

Process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Aquifer

Water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow and hail.

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

Precipitation that did not get absorbed into soil or evaporate.

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Hydrosphere