💦 Water Cycle Vocabulary Practice

the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor)

• Evaporation
• Atmosphere
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth

• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• Infiltration
• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation

water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail

• Precipitation
• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Runoff

the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

• Condensation
• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers

• Transpiration
• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation

precipitation that does not soak into the soil but instead moves on the Earth's surface toward streams

• Runoff
• Atmosphere
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation