Water Cycle Vocabulary

What is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state?

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is water in a gaseous state called?

• Groundwater

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Water Vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is water that falls to the earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet called?

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Water Vapor

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back called?

• Transpiration

• Water Cycle

• Aquifer

• Impermeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow called?

• Aquifer

• Impermeable

• Water Cycle

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the process where water is given off through the leaves of plants called?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Water Vapor

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the process of water changing from a gas to a liquid called?

• Water Vapor

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater

• Water Vapor

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is material that water cannot pass through easily called?

• Aquifer

• Impermeable

• Water Cycle

• Transpiration

What are the three steps of the water cycle in order?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

• Condensation, Precipitation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4