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Water cycle
Science 5/1/25
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aquifer | an underground layer of porous rock and/or sand that contains water |
| Condensation | Change from a gas to a liquid (Occurs when water vapor is cooled, forms clouds, mist, and fog) |
| Evaporation | Change from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below boiling |
| Freezing | changing from a liquid to a solid |
| Glacier | a large, slowly moving body of snow and ice |
| Melting | changing from a solid to a liquid |
| Phase change | A change from one state of matter to another (Three states are found naturally on earth, which are solid liquid and gas. Types of __________ include freezing, melting, evaporation, boiling, and condensation |
| Precipitation | Water that falls to Earth's surface (Type of _______ include rain, sleet, snow, hail, and mist. Sleet is frozen rain and hail consists of frozen balls of ice that can be as large as a grapefruit |
| Reservoir | a body of water, often an artificial lake which is used to store water for human use |
| Runoff | water that moves across the surface of land into streams or rivers (Sources of ______ include heavy rain, snowmelt, or excess irrigation water, ______ can carry pollutants from the soul into rivers and streams |
| Transpiration | the release of water vapor from the leaves of plants |
| Water cycle | the continuous movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again |
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