Water Cycle Vocabulary

Front

The process when water evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth

Back

Water cycle

Front

Water droplets falling from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

Back

Precipitation

Front

The process of cooling water in the atmosphere, changing gas to a liquid

Back

Condensation

Front

The process when water changes from a liquid to a gas caused by heat

Back

Evaporation

Front

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

Back

Transpiration

Front

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean or another large body of water

Back

Run-off

Front

Water vapor in the atmosphere that undergoes cooling, with individual ice crystals forming unique and intricate hexagonal patterns

Back

crystallization