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