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  • How does temperature affect the speed of evaporation?
    The hotter the temperature, the faster the water will evaporate.
  • Does water need to be boiling to evaporate?
    No, water will evaporate at room temperature or lower.
  • How does condensation cause clouds to form?
    When water vapor condenses, the tiny droplets of water join together to form clouds.
  • They are good examples of condensation.
    cloud and fog
  • When water vapor reaches the cold upper atmosphere, what happens to it?
    The water vapor condenses and turns into liquid again, forming clouds.
  • What is precipitation?
    Water in any form falling from the sky.
  • What do we call the process of water vapor turning into clouds?
    Condensation.
  • Dew forms on the grass during the night. This is_____
    condensation
  • How much water is on earth?
    around 70%
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This cycle of water forming water vapor, clouds then falling and filling up ponds, lakes and rivers is called the ____.
    water cycle
  • What do we call the process of water turning into the gas, water vapor?
    Evaporation
  • Mom forgets the pot of water boiling on the stove. When she comes back, all the water is gone. This is ________.
    evaporation
  • _________________ is the process that water evaporates from a plant.
    Transpiration
  • What are the four types of precipitation that fall from clouds?
    Rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
  • What powered the process of the water cycle? It also keeps the cycle going and going and going and going.
    The sun
  • 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.
  • As the sun heats liquid water, the water turns into a gas called ___.
    Water vapor
  • 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 evaporating, condensing, and precipitating?
    The Water Cycle
  • What do we call the process of water collecting in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the oceans?
    Collection
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