Question | Answer |
What is the process by which water moves through the ground, evaporates into the air, forms clouds, and falls back to earth as rain? (2 words) | water cycle |
Water that has soaked in the soil is called ___ ___. | ground water |
Water that flows over the surface of land is called _____________. | runoff |
What is the process by which water becomes water vapor? | evaporation |
The process by which water vapor turns back into liquid is called ____. | condensation |
Our scientific word for rain, snow, sleet, and hail is ___. | precipitation |
When liquid water molecules escape into the air in the form of a gas, this gas is called ____ _____. | water vapor |
What is the wearing away and moving of soil and rocks? | erosion |
The process by which materials that were eroded are dropped somewhere else is called ____. | deposition |
The ___ of an object is something that helps to identify it. | property |
The model we used in class that showed us the effects of erosion and deposition caused by water is called a ____ ____. | stream table |
A smaller or larger version of an object used to represent the actual object is called a ___. | model |
What are the 3 states of matter? | solid liquid gas |
What state of matter is water when it is ice? | solid |
What state of matter is water? | liquid |
What state of matter is water in when it is water vapor? | gas |
Which soil component has bigger pore spaces? | gravel |
Which soil component holds the water in its pore spaces more? | sand |
Water erodes the land when it is moving ____. | fast |
Water deposits the land when it is moving ____. | slowly |
Which soil component sinks to the bottom of the water first? | gravel |
Which soil component floats on top of the water? | humus |
An overflow of water onto land that is normally dry is called a ____. | flood |
To move freely, as a fluid; to proceed or move steadily and easily | flow |
Open space between soil particles that ground water can seep into | pore space |
The clear liquid making up oceans, lakes, and streams | water |
To become worn by the actions of weather | weathering |
What type of energy is added to change ice (a solid) to water (a liquid)? | heat |