Water Cycle Terms Quiz – from Enchanted Learning

A substance tha is very important to us. We need it to live, and it covers over two thirds of the surface of the Earth.

A large body of water on teh surface of the earth.

A process in which liquid water turns into water vapor (a gas).

In transpiration, water from these objects evaporates into the atmosphere (the air).

A fluffy-looking object in the sky that contains tiny water droplets or ice particles.

This type of precipitation is water that falls form the clouds in a liquid state.

This type of precipitation is water that falls from the clouds in a fluffy, frozen state.

A lager, slow moving river of ice.

A large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean.

The process in which water circulates from the oceans to the clouds to the land to the rivers, and then accumulates back into the oceans.

The process in which water vapor collects in the atmosphere as it cools and begins to form clouds.

The process by which fallen precipitation makes its ways back into the water sources on land (rivers, lakes, oceans, underground streams, etc)