Water Cycle Review Flashcards
(27 cards)
Absorb
to suck up
Atmosphere
The air around the Earth
cloud
A mass of tiny Water or ice crystles
Condensation
When a gas changes to a liquid
Collection
When Precipitation falls from the sky and runoff carries it to lakes,ponds, and the ocean.
Estuary
An area where a river flows into a lake and creating a mix of salt and fresh water.
Evaporitation
liquid to gas
Freezing
Liquid to Solid
Glacier
Hudge Moving rivers of ice
ground water
water in the ground
Humidity
the mesure ofof how mutch waters in the air
Iceberg
Large chunks of ice floating in the ocean
Ice cap
Thick mostly permanent sheets of ice that cover the north and south pole
Lake
large body of water surrounded by land
melting
Solid to liquid
oceans
the larges bodies of saltwater
Precolation
Water absorbed in the ground
Porous
Filled with tiny spaces or openings that allow water to be absorbed
Precipitation
Any form of water falling from the sky
Natural Recorces
a useful tradable or necessary material found in nature
river
fresh water flowing in a channel[runoff]
runoff
water that flows across the Earth
Surface Water
Water on Earths surface
Transpiration
Water that evaporates of of leaves
