Water Cycle Vocabulary

Which of the following means to take in or soak up water?

• absorb

• collection

• evaporation

• runoff

The change for water from a liquid to a gas is called

• water vapor

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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Lakes, oceans, rivers, and streams are examples of

• infilltration

• collections

• water vapor

• runoffs

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Very small water droplets or ice crystals that form when water vapor cools and condenses are called

• water vapor

• runoff

• ice

• clouds

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The change of water from a gas to a liquid is called

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• water vapor

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Water in its solid state is called

• snowflakes

• rain

• water vapor

• ice

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Any form of water that falls from the sky is called

• snow

• rain

• hail

• precipitation

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Precipitation that flows downhill on Earth's surface into streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans is called

• infilltation

• runoff

• water vapor

• precipitation

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Water in its liquid state is called

• ice

• sleet

• rain

• water

Water in its gas state is called

• clouds

• ice

• water vapor

• water

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