Water Cycle Terms
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| - Process by which a liquid becomes a gas | ||
| the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or state | ||
| the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | ||
| loss of water from a plant through its leaves | ||
| seepage of water into soil or rock | ||
| the slow movement of water through pores in soil or permeable rock | ||
| water which runs along the surface into collection points (streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, etc) | ||
| water found beneath Earth's surface | ||
| the top of the saturated zone | ||
| waters that are emptying from one moving source (stream or river) into another moving or still source (river or lake) | ||
| a rock layer that stores and allows the flow of ground water | ||
| evaporation from plants | ||
| a rock's ability to let water through it | ||
| a rock that tends to stop the flow of water | ||
| The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back | ||
| the amount of moisture in the air | ||
| the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount the air could hold at a given temperature | ||
| Instrument used to measure relative humidity that has two thermometers (wet bulb and dry bulb) | ||
| the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins | ||
| Wispy, feathery clouds | ||
| clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton | ||
| Clouds that form in flat layers. | ||
| Open ended tube that collects rainfall | ||
| Most common form of liquid precipitation | ||
| Ice particles smaller than 5 millimeters in diameter | ||
| precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | ||
| Ice pellets larger than 5 millimeters in diameter formed in cumulonimbus clouds by strong updrafts of wind | ||
| any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface | ||
| a stratus cloud that forms when air is cooled to its dew point near the ground | ||
| Precipitation that begins falling to the Earth but evaporates before reaching the surface. | ||
| when water droplets fuse to create larger water droplets, or when water droplets freeze onto ice crystals | ||
| encouraging rainfall by seeding the air with condensation nuclei |