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  • What is in constant motion and found everywhere around the world?
    water
  • What state of water is ice?
    solid
  • What happens when water boils?
    it becomes water vapour
  • What does the water cycle describe?
    How water is exchanged through the Earth’s land and atmosphere
  • What causes water to change state?
    changes in temperature
  • At -10ºC in what state is water?
    It’s a solid (ice).
  • What is the most common form of water?
    liquid water
  • What state of water is water vapour?
    gas
  • What do we call the change from liquid to solid?
    solidification
  • What are the three states of water?
    liquid, solid, gas
  • What are the different forms of precipitation?
    rain, snow, or sleet
  • What is the change from solid to liquid?
    melting
  • Where do we find liquid water?
    seas, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and wells
  • What happens when ice is heated?
    It melts.
  • What happens during precipitation?
    When water droplets come together, they become bigger and form clouds. Precipitation falls to the Earth in the form of rain, snow or sleet.
  • Describe the process of condensation
    When water vapour rises, it condenses and turns into tiny droplets that form into clouds
  • At what temperature does water freeze?
    At 0ºC