Meteorology 2A: Water in the Atmosphere

According to your text, water is always moving between which two locations?

• EARTH'S SURFACE

  and

  ATMOSPHERE

• RIVERS

  and

  OCEANS

• ABOVE GROUND

  &

  UNDERGROUND

• ATMOSPHERE

  and

  OUTER SPACE

• LAKES

  and

  STREAMS

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Starting with the stage that involves liquid water turning to water vapor,

place the stages of the water cycle in order.

• EVAPORATION

• SURFACE RUNOFF

• PRECIPITATION

• CONDENSATION

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Click any location where a CHANGE OF STATE occurs.

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Click the location where water vapor CHANGES STATE back into liquid water.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Click the location where liquid water CHANGES STATE into water vapor.

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Click the location where liquid (or frozen) water returns to Earth.

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Match the following statements to their stage in the water cycle!

• PRECIPITATION

• Water Molecules Expand and Rise Due to Heating from the Sun

• CONDENSATION

• Water Molecules Fall to Earth Due to Excessive Weight from Gathering

• EVAPORATION

• Water Molecules Condense Due to Cooling in the Atmosphere

• RUNOFF

• Water Molecules Flow Over Earth's Surface and Gather in Bodies of Water

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The movement of (a)   between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is called the ​ (b)   . Water enters the air by evaporation from oceans and other bodies of water. Water vapor can also enter the air from ​ (c)   . Some of the water vapor in the air ​ (d)   back into a (e)   to form clouds. This liquid eventually falls as rain or snow.

• water
• water cycle
• living things
• condenses
• liquid
• air
• vapor cycle
• pipes
• expands
• gas

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Which type of air is capable of holding the MOST water vapor?

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Organize these options into the right categories!

Groups:

(a) Surface Runoff

,

(b) Evaporation

,

(c) Condensation

,

(d) Precipitation

• 
• 
• Precipitation that flows over the landscape as it moves back towards a gathering point.

• 
• The process of a liquid turning into a vapor.

• The process of a vapor turning back into a liquid.

• Any liquid or frozen water that falls back to Earth's surface.

• 

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