E 1.3 HMH Water Cycle
Condensation
As the air cools, water vapor in the air may change to liquid water. The process of gas becoming a liquid.
Water Cycle
How the Earth's water changes forms between liquid (rain), solid (ice), and gas (vapor), but also moving on, above, and in the Earth.
Liquid
Liquid water is fluid and wet. This is the state of water that we are familiar with.
3 States Of Water
Liquid, Solid, and Gas
Gas
Matter that has no definite volume or shape.
Deposition
Occurs when water vapor changes state directly from a gas to a solid.
Runoff
Precipitation lands on Earth's surface, and some of the water will flow downhill across Earth's surface into wetlands, rivers, or lakes.
Infiltration
Some of the water on land may soak below Earth's surface into spaces in the soil and rock.
Solid
The molecules in water are held tightly together and don't move easily. A matter that has a definite shape and volume.
Transpiration
The release of water vapor into the air by plants.
Evaporation
When liquid water gains enough energy to escape the liquid surface and form water vapor.
Sublimation
When solid water changes directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid.
Precipitation
is any form of water that falls to Earth from clouds.