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What happens to water molecules during condensation?
During condensation the water molecules bond back together.
What happens to the water molecules during evaporation?
Heat energy breaks the bonds that holds water molecules together.
What is the main function of the water cycle?
The water cycle is the process in which water circulates between Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land.
Oceans hold what percentage of all of Earth's water?
97%
What percentage of the moisture in our atmosphere is provided by evaporation from oceans, seas,lakes and rivers?
90%
How do glaciers and ice caps create runoff?
By melting
How does water move around the planet?
In the atmosphere, through condensation and precipitation
What is condensation?
Water vapor changes into liquid water.
What is called when water does not evaporate or get absorbed intp the soil?
Runoff
What is called when water moves into the gound and/or into porous rock?
Infiltration
What is preciptiation?
Water released from the clouds as ice, snow or rain
What is called when water changes from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What is evapotranspiration?
Water moving from plants or ground surface to the atomosphere
What is it called when snow and ice change into water vapor without first changing into water?
Sublimation
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation
What is another name for the water cycle?
The Hydrologic Cycle
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
The sun
What is a watershed?
An area of land where all of the water that fall drains into the same place.
What is an aquifer?
A place where groundwater is stored underground
List the 4 Different Types of places that water is stored.
1. Oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.; 2. Atmosphere; 3. Ice; 4. Groundwater
Name one of the 3 processes in the water cycle that is caused by gravity?
Runoff, Infiltration & Precipitation
What 2 processes in the water cycle are caused by the sun?
Evaporation & Evapotranspiration
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