Water Cycle

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Wastewater

• Runoff

Evaporation is when?

• Water vapor is going into the air.

• When melting occurs.

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

• Infiltration
• Groundwater
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?

• Water evaporates into water vapor
• Water vapor condenses and forms a  cloud
• Water precipitates to the ground
• Water runs down into the hydrosphere

Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• run off

What is precipitation?

• The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
• The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
• The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

What percentage of the water on Earth is drinkable?

• Less than 1%

• 20%

• 50%

• 100%

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

When the process of _____________________ occurs, it actually cools the atmosphere