Water Cycle Vocabulary

Front

What is the process called when animals release water into the Earth system through liquid and solid waste?

Back

Excretion

Front

What force causes water to fall from the sky to Earth's surface?

Back

Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

What is water stored or flowing underground called?

Back

Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Front

What is the process called when animals release water into the Earth system through sweat?

Back

Perspiration

Front

What is the process called when plants exhale water into the atmosphere?

Back

Transpiration

Front

What is the term for the process of water vapor turning into liquid water?

Back

Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is the term for the process of water falling from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?

Back

Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Front

What is the term for the movement of water from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere?

Back

Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is the term for the water that collects on the surface of the Earth, such as rivers and lakes?

Back

Surface water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

What is the term for the process by which plants absorb water through their roots and release it as vapor through their leaves?

Back

Transpiration