Water Cycle

Water cycle paragraph

Heat from the Sun causes water to evaporate from bodies of water. Water from plants and trees also enters the atmosphere which is called transpiration. When transpiration evaporates, it is called evapotranspiration. As the water vapor rises higher, the cool air of the atmosphere causes the water vapor to turn back into liquid water, creating clouds. This process is called condensation. When a cloud becomes full of liquid water, it falls from the sky, also known as precipitation. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail then fill lakes and streams, and the process starts all over again. The water can also turn into runoff, if it dos not get evaporated or absorbed into soil. If it soaks into soil or rock, it is infiltration.

Another word for groundwater stored in water bearing formations.

aquifer

The process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water is called_________.

condensation

An __________ ________ from the sun is necessary for evaporation to occur.

energy source

________ is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.

evaporation

The __________ it is the faster water changes into water vapor.

hotter

The water cycle is also called the ____________ cycle.

hydrologic

The _______ holds 96.5 of Earth's water and is the primary pathway into the water cycle.

ocean

4 places water in stored in the water cycle

ocean, atmosphere, ice and snow, groundwater

Water released from clouds falls to the earth in these forms.

rain, freezing rain, snow, sleet, hail

When water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere it becomes_________>

runoff

______________ is the process of a solid changing into water vapor without melting.

sublimation

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through the process of ___________.

transpiration

The process where water soaks into soil or porous rock.

Infiltration

_______ moves water into places where it collects like ponds and river.

gravity