water cycle

tiny droplets of water suspended in the atmosphere

• hail

• cloud

• snow

• drizzle

the term for gas that evaporates into the atmosphere

• snow

• vapor

• cloud

• rain

the gaseous part of earth when vapor is suspended

• clinosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

the process by which plants evaporate water into the air

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• surface run off

the process of changing water to vapor

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• surface run off

the part of Earth where greatest evaporation occurs

• valley

• ocean

• mountain

• volcano

the water cycle shows how nature collects and purifies water for living things

• true

• false

the process in which heavy clouds change to rain

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

• perspiration

the water cycle is important to plants and animals

• true

• false

the water cycle provides the constant supply of fresh water on earth

• true

• false