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Water Cycle

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  • Name the 3 main parts of the water cycle.
    Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
  • A gas turning into a liquid is called__________
    Condensation
  • When water collects in a river, a lake, a pond, or an ocean we call this ___________.
    collection
  • What type of precipitation happens when the air near the cloud is below freezing?
    snow
  • What is the definition of Precipitation?
    Any form of water that falls from the clouds to Earth
  • Water that soaks into the ground is called _____________.
    groundwater
  • The water cycle is powered by _____________.
    the sun
  • Name the 4 forms of precipitation
    rain, sleet, snow, hail
  • Evaporation is a liquid turning into a ___________
    gas
  • Explain how hail is formed.
    rain that freezes and then is blown higher into the cloud
  • What is the freezing temperature of water in Fahrenheit?
    32 F
  • What type of precipitation happens when rain freezes as it falls?
    sleet
  • What type of precipitation happens when the air near the cloud is above freezing?
    rain
  • A liquid turning into a gas is called ____________
    Evaporation
  • Condensation is a ________ turning into a liquid.
    gas
  • When you freeze water as a liquid you get a __________.
    solid
  • When you add heat to water as a solid you get a __________
    liquid
  • After Condensation, the next step in the water cycle is ___________.
    precipitation