Water Cycle and cloud formation Gr 8M1

write your full name 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 Which of the following is responsible for cloud formation? precipitation infiltration condensation none of the above 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 observe the following image then match the process with the letter on image representing it condensation Devaporation Btranspiration Cprecipitation Erunoff Fsolar radiation Ainfiltration Gcollection H Why do we need to take care of Earth's water? it covers most of the Earth living things need water to survive it is Earth's most important resource All of the answers apply write one thing you don't feel sure about in these 2 lessons, if none say none To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. TRANSPIRATION PRECIPITATION THUNDERSTORM CUMULONIMBUS INFILTRATION CONDENSATION SOLARENERGY EVAPORATION RESPIRATION FORMATION DEWPOINT CUMULUS STRATUS NUCLEI RUNOFF CIRRUS CLOUD OCEAN