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Water cycle terms

The vocab for sci class

TermDefinition
Aquifer Water stored in rock and soil underground
Climate Change Long-term changes in temperatures and weather patterns.
Condensation The phase of the water cycle when water vapor cools down and turns into water droplets.
Evaporation The phase of the water cycle when liquid water is heated by the sun and turns into vapor.
Infiltration Movement of the water from the ground or surface
Interception Precipitation that doesn’t reach the ground because leaves, buildings and other objects get in the way.
Percolation The movement of water through the soil.
Precipitation The phase of the water cycle in which water falls, in a liquid (rain) or solid (snow, sleet) state, from the earth's atmosphere to the earth.
Transpiration The phase of the water cycle in which plants and trees respond to heat from the sun by releasing liquid water into the air.
Urban Water Cycle The process by which humans extract, process, distribute and consume water.
Urbanization The growth of cities.
Water Cycle The continuing movement of water--in liquid, solid, and vapor states--in and around the earth.
Hydrosphere The total amount of water on a planet
Created by: KelvinHinnant
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