Precipitation Evaporation Condensation Water Other 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
What kind of precipitation is formed by layers of ice? rain snow sleet hail
d. hail
What do you call solid or liquid water that falls to the earth’s surface?
Precipitation
Name four types of precipitation?
Rain, hail, sleet, snow
At what number is precipitation occurring?
Number One is precipitation
What does this weather map represent?
The amount of precipitation occurring in the United States on a particular day?
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?
The Sun
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond? Cold, rainy cold, sunny warm, rainy warm, sunny
d. warm, sunny
Between what numbers is evaporation occurring?
Evaporation is occurring between numbers 2 and 3.
What does heat from the sun cause water to do?
Evaporate into the air
What is the name of the water cycle process where water vapor is transmitted through the pores of leaves?
Transpiration
What is water doing when it changes to from water vapor back into water?
Condensing
Which of the following is an example of condensation occurring in the water cycle? Clouds or dew forming Ocean water changing to water vapor Water flowing down a river Underground water soaked into rocks
a. Clouds or dew forming
What is the process called when water changes from vapor to a liquid or solid state, such as within a cloud?
Condensation
Between what numbers is condensation occurring?
Between numbers 3 and 4
Give two examples of condensation?
Clouds forming, fog on a mirror, water drops on the outside of a glass of water, etc.
Where is the most water found on the Earth?
In the Oceans
What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice? What cup it is in How long it has been in a place If it is being used for anything What its temperature is
d. What its temperature is
Generally, how many days can a person live without water?
Three days
How much of the earth’s surface is covered with water?
About two-thirds or about 70%
How much of the earth’s water can be used for human needs?
1%
What percentage of the human body is water?
70%
What do we call the endless cycle that water on earth goes through?
The water cycle or the hydrologic cycle
How much of earth’s water is in the ocean?
97%
Name three ways that we can conserve water?
Take shorter showers, turn off the water when brushing teeth, fix dripping faucets, etc.
What two elements make up water?
Hydrogen and oxygen