Study

The Water Cycle

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

  • . How are rivers formed?
    Run-off an Precipitation
  • Water in a gaseous state.
    Water Vapor
  • Water that does not contain salt.
    Freshwater
  • Water Vapor becomes liquid water.
    Condensation
  • The path that all water follows as it moves around earth in different states.
    The water cycle.
  • Causes water table to rise. Precipitation or Drought
    Precipitation
  • Storehouses of water beneath the surface.
    Aquifers
  • What force causes clouds to move?
    Wind
  • Holds about 97 percent of the earth's water.
    Oceans
  • Where does the water cycle get the energy it needs to take place?
    The sun.
  • Sleet, rain, snow.
    Precipiation
  • Holds 68.7 percent of all freshwater on earth.
    Glaciers and ice caps.
  • Liquid water becomes water vapor.
    Evaporation
  • Water evaporating from leaves.
    Transpiration
  • Where in the ground are aquifers found? Saturated soil or Unsaturated soil
    Saturated