The Water Cycle Vocab

The Water Cycle is

• the movement of water on, above, and below the surface of Earth.

• when a liquid changes into a gas.

• water as a gas in the sky.

• water that falls to the Earth.

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Evaporation is

• when a liquid changes into a gas.

• when a gas changes into a liquid.

• water from precipitation that flows over the surface of Earth.

• collection of precipitation in rivers, lakes, and oceans.

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Water vapor is

• water as a gas in the sky.

• movement of water on, above, and below the surface of Earth.

• water that falls to Earth.

• water from precipitation that flows over the surface.

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What stage of the Water Cycle is this image?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Collection

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Condensation is

• when water vapor cools and begins to turn back into a liquid.

• when liquid water heats and begins to turn into a gas.

• the collection of precipitation in rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• water that falls to Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Sleet, hail, rain, and snow are all forms of

• precipitation.

• evaporation.

• condensation.

• accumulation.

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Runoff is

• the precipitation that flows over the surface of Earth.

• the movement of water on, above, and below the surface of Earth.

• water as a gas in the sky.

• when a liquid changes into a gas.

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Another word for accumulation is

• collection.

• runoff.

• water vapor.

• water cycle.

Accumulation is the

• collection of precipitation in rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• movement of water on, above,, and below the surface of Earth.

• water as a gas in the sky.

• when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which form of precipitation is this?

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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