WorksheetsWater Cycle Vocabulary
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
The process where water moves between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere.
Evaporation
Water Cycle
condensation
precipitation
The change from a gas to a liquid.
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
groundwater
The change from a liquid to a gas.
evaporation
condensation
water cycle
aquifer
The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
groundwater
precipitation
Atmosphere
condensation
Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, and hail.
condensation
evaporation
atmosphere
precipitation
Water that is stored underground.
Runoff
Aquifer
groundwater
Pond
Water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows across the Earth's surface.
River
runoff
Stream
Ocean
A body of rock that stores groundwater.
Runoff
spring
aquifer
atmosphere
Which is an example of a tw0-dimensional model.
A globe
A GPS
A map
Which is an example of a three_dimensional model?
A GPS
A globe
A map
A statement made by a scientist that tells what he or she predicts the outcome to be.
inference
conclusion
hypothesis
question
An untested conclusion based on observations.
hypothesis
conclusion
inference
question
the falling to Earth of any form of water (rain, snow, sleet, hail, or mist)
evaporation
precipitation
run-off
water vapor
the forming of tiny droplets of water as water vapor cools
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
ground water
process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor
precipitation
condensation
evaporation
water cycle
water found beneath Earth's surface
surface water
water cycle
ground water
condensation
water contained in places such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs
ground water
surface water
condensation
water cycle
process in which water moves from the oceans to the air to the ground and finally back to the oceans
ground water
surface water
water cycle
condensation
water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and oceans.
ground water
surface water
water cycle
run-off
the gas formed when water evaporates
ground water
surface water
water cycle
water vapor
the layer of air that surrounds the Earth
water cycle
water vapor
atmosphere
cloud
a mass of tiny droplets of water that condensed from the air
cloud
water vapor
atmosphere
evaporation
