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The Water Cycle
Study these terms to review for the quiz on the Clouds and the Water Cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the continuous movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere and land called? | the water cycle |
| The process when water vapor cools (loses energy) and turns back to water droplets is known as __________. | condensation |
| The process when different forms of water fall back to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet and hail is known as __________. | precipitation |
| The process when plants "sweat" and lose water from their leaves. The water then evaporates and enters the atmosphere. This is known as __________. | transpiration |
| The process that occures when animals release water vapor when they breathe out or exhale. The water vapor then enters the atmosphere. This is known as __________. | respiration |
| Which of the following is not a form a precipitation? -water vapor, rain, snow or sleet | water vapor |
| The process when water particles heat up (gain energy) and change from a liquid to water vapor is known as __________. | evaporation |
| Once water falls back to the Earth, it flows over and through the land and ends up back in oceans, lakes and rivers. This is known as _______________. | surface run-off |
| When the particles in a solid heat up, they begin to move around freely. The increase in energy changes the substance to a liquid. This process is known as _______________. | melting |
| When the particles in liquid cool down, they stop moving freely and begin to vibrate in one place. This loss of energy changes the substance to a solid. This process is known as _______________. | freezing |
| What type of clouds are low in the atmosphere, white or light gray, flat (with no bumps) and cover most of the sky? | stratus |
| What type of clouds are low in the atmosphere, white, puffy and scattered? They usually mean the weather is fair. | cumulus |
| What type of clouds are very high in the atmosphere, made of ice crystals and look like their strands of hair or seem "feathery". These clouds signal fair weather. | cirrus |
| What type of clouds are low in the atmosphere, very dark (with bumps), cover the entire sky and usually mean it will rain or snow? | nimbostratus |
| What type of clouds are high in the atmosphere and look like fish scales? These sometimes mean that unsettled weather may be on the way. | cirrocumulus |
| What type of clouds are very large, form mainly in the summer, are flat at the bottom and rise high into the atmosphere? These types of clouds usually signal a thunderstorm may develop. | cumulonimbus |
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