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What do we call the process of water evaporating, condensing, and precipitating?
The Water Cycle
What are the four types of precipitation that fall from clouds?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
As more and more water vapor condenses, what happens to the clouds?
The clouds become heavy with water. Some water begins to fall back to the earth.
What do we call the process of water collecting in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the oceans?
Collection
What do we call the process of water falling back to earth in the form or rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Precipitation
What do we call the process of water vapor turning into clouds?
Condensation.
What do we call the process of water turning into the gas, water vapor?
Evaporation
When water vapor reaches the cold upper atmosphere, what happens to it?
The water vapor condenses and turns into liquid again, forming clouds.
As the sun heats liquid water, the water turns into a gas called ___.
Water vapor
What powered the process of the water cycle? It also keeps the cycle going and going and going and going.
The sun
They are good examples of condensation.
cloud and fog
How much water is on earth?
around 70%
This cycle of water forming water vapor, clouds then falling and filling up ponds, lakes and rivers is called the ____.
water cycle
Does the amount of water on Earth change?
No, the amount of water on Earth doesn't change. The earth has a specific amount of water that goes through a constant cycle.
_________________ is the process that water evaporates from a plant.
Transpiration
When water vapor has condensed into liquid water, can it change back to water vapor again?
Yes. If the water evaporates it will change back into water vapor.
