Water Cycle and Properties

The driving force behind the water cycle is the energy from the sun.The sun heatsup water on land and in the oceans, lakes, and seas. The water changes from liquid to vapor in a process called evaporation.The water vapor cools and in a process called condensationforms droplets in the atmosphere. These droplets become clouds.The droplets (or ice crystals if it’s cold enough) gather and then fall from the sky in a process called precipitation.This precipitation gathers in streams and rivers and flows and becomes run off, flowing back down to the oceans, seas, and lakes. Match the terms with their definitions. condensation Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. evaporation When the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. precipitation Water that falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. infiltration When surface water turns into groundwater transpiration The release of water from plant leaves Label the image using the word bank below. SPELLING COUNTS! sun, cloud, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration sun cloud precipitation transpiration evaporation infiltration Which of the following is responsible for cloud formation? precipitation infiltration condensation none of the above Matching Match the properties of water with their definitions Cohesion sticking together of particles of the same substance adhesion the action or process of adhering to a surface or object High Specific Heat Capacity The ability to absorb a lot of heat before changing temperature Which statement is the best example of how the water cycle is connected to weather? Rainwater that collects on the ground can be absorbed into the soil or into plant roots The Sun causes water vapor to condense into clouds, which can produce rain or snow Water that evaporates can later condense to form clouds that produce rain Runoff water moves downhill and can increase the surrounding air temperature In the water cycle, water evaporates from Earth's surface and later returns to the surface as precipitation. What provides the energy that evaporates the water? plants waves sunlight wind How are groundwater and surface water related? Surface water can seep down into the ground to become groundwater Groundwater can become surface water, but surface water cannot become groundwater All surface water is also groundwater, and all groundwater is also surface water Surface water can become groundwater, but groundwater cannot become surface water