1.7 Water Cycle

Identify the state of matter of each the following

Ice, Ocean, Humidity in air

1. Ice= soild

2. Ocean Water=Liquid

3. Humidity in air= gas

Energy from the ___ drives the water cycle

Sun

Identify the largest reservoir of water on Earth

Ocean

Identify 2 reservoirs of fresh water

• Ice caps

• ground water

The sun heats up liquid water in ocean, lakes, and rivers, causing it to turn into water vapor and rise into the atmospehre

evaporation

Rising water vapor cools down in the upper atmosphere and changes back into tiny liquid water droplets, forming clouds

condensation

water droplets in clouds grow heavy and fall back to the Earth’s surface as rain, snow, or hail

precipitation

Identify the step of the water cycle where water vapor is released into the atmopshere through the stomata of plant leaves.

Transpiration

Identify the term defined as: amount of H2O that enters the atmosphere from transpiration and evaporation combined

evapotranspiration

When rain hits the earths surface it can either

Runoff or infiltration

dentify the term used to describe an underwater area of sediments that are saturated with water. This is where groundwater is stored. 

aquifer