The Water Cycle

Front

What is the process by which water vapor cools, forming tiny liquid water droplets?

Back

Condensation

Front

What do we call water that collects in rock and soil?

Back

Groundwater

Front

What is the only thing in nature that can be a solid, liquid, and gas?

Back

Water

Front

What do we call snowflakes that melt and freeze again as they fall to the ground?

Back

Sleet

Front

What are the three main stages of the water cycle?

Back

Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

Front

What is the process of water turning into vapor called?

Back

Evaporation

Front

What is the term for water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

Back

Precipitation

Front

What is the term for the movement of water from the ground back into the atmosphere?

Back

Evaporation

Front

What is the process called when water vapor turns back into liquid water?

Back

Condensation

Front

What is groundwater?

Back

Water that collects underground in rock and soil.