Water Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

What is the process of changing water from a liquid into a gas?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Condensation

What is the process of changing water from a gas to a liquid?

• Water Vapor

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Water Vapor

• Precipitation

What is an invisible gas in the air made of water molecules?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Water Vapor

• Runoff

What is precipitation that freezes near the ground and often begins as rain or snow?

• Sleet

• Water Vapor

• Hail

• Snow

What is solid precipitation made of layers of ice and usually falls during a thunderstorm?

• Sleet

• Hail

• Snow

• Water Vapor

What is solid precipitation that falls through the cold air?

• Hail

• Water Vapor

• Sleet

• Snow

What is a continuous process where water moves between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere by evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff?

• Runoff

• Water Cycle

• States of Matter

• Water Vapor

What is water moving downhill?

• Water Cycle

• Water Vapor

• States of Matter

• Runoff

What is the state of a material due to the motion of its atoms or solid, liquid, and gas?

• Water Vapor

• States of Matter

• Runoff

• Water Cycle