The Earths Water/Water Cycle

Question 1

Condensation

Answer 1

The process in which a gas cools and becomes a liquid.

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

The process in which a substance warms and changes from a liquid into a gas.

Question 3

Precipitation

Answer 3

water in the atmosphere to earth as rain, sleet, snow or hail.

Question 4

Water cycle or H20 cycle

Answer 4

The continuous movement of water on earth

Question 5

Sublimation

Answer 5

When a solid changes to a gas

Question 6

Transpiration

Answer 6

The process of water evaporating from the surface of leaves.

Question 7

Groundwater

Answer 7

Unseen water underground or aquifer.

Precipitation soaks into the ground and becomes groundwater.

Question 8

Run Off

Answer 8

The process of water flowing over ground to reach a stream or ocean.

Question 9

Glacier

Answer 9

A slow moving body of ice on land

Question 10

Aquifer

Answer 10

Underground water supply

Question 11

Reservoir

Answer 11

A human-made place to collect and store water

Question 12

Circulation

Answer 12

A swirling movement

Question 13

Tides

Answer 13

Pattern of rising and falling water in the ocean caused by gravity

Question 14

Salinity

Answer 14

The amount of salt dissolved in water