Hydrological cycle Y8

Question 1

Hydrologic or Water Cycle

Answer 1

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and into the ground.
Biogeochemical cycle that collects, purifies, and distributes the earth’s fixed supply of water from the environment to living organisms and then back to the environment.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

Process by which a liquid becomes a gas.

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid state.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

The falling to earth of any form of water (rain, snow, hail, sleet, or mist).

Question 5

Ground Water

Answer 5

Water found beneath Earth’s surface.

Question 6

Evapotranspiration

Answer 6

The evaporation of water from soil plus the transpiration of water from plants.

Question 7

Rain

Answer 7

Most common form of liquid precipitation.

Question 8

Sleet

Answer 8

Precipitation in the form of ice particles that are smaller than 5 millimeters in diameter.
Formed when rain falls through a layer of freezing air.

Question 9

Snow

Answer 9

Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.

Question 10

Surface runoff

Answer 10

Water which runs along the surface into collection points (streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, etc).

Question 11

Melt

Answer 11

When a substance changes from a solid to a liquid because heat is being added. Ice melts and forms liquid water.

Question 12

Freeze

Answer 12

When a liquid changes into a solid. When water turns into ice.

Question 13

Water Pollution

Answer 13

Contaminated water. There are four types: Bacterial nutrient, toxic, and sediment.

Question 14

Water Vapor

Answer 14

When a liquid changes into a vapor or gas. When lake water goes into the air to form a cloud.

Question 15

Water Quality

Answer 15

This is a term used for how pure, polluted, or toxic water can be.

Question 16

Recycling (water)

Answer 16

To reuse water over and over.

Question 17

Equilibrium

Answer 17

The water cycle tries to keep itself in balance.

Question 18

Potable

Answer 18

Safe to drink

Question 19

Non-potable

Answer 19

water that is unsuitable for human consumption

Question 20

Reservoir

Answer 20

Place where water can stay for an extended period of time, such as an ocean, groundwater, etc.

Question 21

drainage basin

Answer 21

all land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland

Question 22

Geosphere

Answer 22

the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle

Question 23

Atmosphere

Answer 23

A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

Question 24

States of Matter

Answer 24

Solid, liquid and gas

Question 25

Oceans

Answer 25

large bodies of salt water

Question 26

Deposition

Answer 26

gas to solid

Question 27

Sublimation

Answer 27

solid to gas

Question 28

transpiration

Answer 28

loss of water from a plant through its leaves

Question 29

Tributary

Answer 29

A stream or river that flows into a larger river

Question 30

Ocean Currents

Answer 30

a horizontal flow of water through the ocean.