Unit 6: Earth's Systems: The Water Cycle

The process of a liquid changing into a gas

• freezing

• evaporation

• condensation

• melting

Water collects in rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water

• infiltration

• surface run-off

• accumulation

• evaporation

Water soaks into the soil from ground level

• evaporation

• surface run-off

• infiltration

• sublimation

Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface, flows over land, and reaches lakes, rivers, and oceans

• surface run-off

• infiltration

• water cycle

• precipitation

This process occurs when there is an increase in temperature or pressure

• condensation

• evaporation

The process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting to water

• precipitation

• condensation

• sublimation

• evaporation

Plants absorb water through their roots and then give off water vapor through their leaves

• planting

• transpiration

• condensation

The process of a gas changing into a liquid

• melting

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

This process occurs when there is a decrease in temperature or pressure

• condensation

• evaporation

Condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth

• surface run-off

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation