Water Cycle Terms 1-9 Quiz

What is the Water Cycle?

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.

• The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.

• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth's surface.

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What is Evaporation?

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.

• The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.

• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth's surface.

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What is Condensation?

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.

• The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.

• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth's surface.

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What is Precipitation?

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface.

• The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the Earth's surface.

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

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What is Transpiration?

• The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

• The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

• Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces.

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What is Infiltration?

• The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.

• The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

• Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces.

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What is Runoff?

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

• The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

• Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces.

• An underground layer of water-bearing rock or materials.

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What is Groundwater?

• Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

• The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

• An underground layer of water-bearing rock or materials.

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What is an Aquifer?

• An underground layer of water-bearing rock or materials from which groundwater can be extracted.

• The flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land.

• Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil pore spaces.

• The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves.

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