Water Cycle Vocabulary

What is the water cycle?

• the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

• the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time

• the study of weather

• the constant movement of water from the surface of Earth to the air and back again

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What is meteorology?

• the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

• the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time

• the study of weather

• the constant movement of water from the surface of Earth to the air and back again

What is climate?

• the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

• the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time

• the study of weather

• the constant movement of water from the surface of Earth to the air and back again

What is weather?

• the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

• the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time

• the study of weather

• the constant movement of water from the surface of Earth to the air and back again

What is precipitation?

• the gas form of water

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface

What is transpiration?

• the gas form of water

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• water that evaporates from the stems and leaves of plants

What is condensation?

• the gas form of water

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface

What is water vapor?

• the gas form of water

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface

What is evaporation?

• the gas form of water

• the process by which a liquid changes into a gas

• the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface