The Water Cycle

This is the onlgoing movement of water through many different processes and states.

These are small drops of rain that freeze in the air before they hit the ground.

This is a process where a liquid becomes a gas.

These are ice crystals that form in clouds and fall to the ground.

This is water that falls from clouds to Earth.

This is the gas form of water.

This is the process of a gas becoming a liquid.

This is the process of a solid becoming a liquid

Low, layed clouds are called _____________ clouds

White, puffy ___________ clouds can become thick and dark cumulonimbus clouds tha tpoduce precipitation

Thin, whispy clouds high in the sky are called ___________ clouds.

When bits of ice crystals form in clouds, they may fall to the ground as ________________.

Hailstones form inside the tall clouds of a ____________ and are usually the size of peas.

Water moves from Earth's surface into the _____________.

Water changes ________ as it moves.

Water in the gas state is called _______ _____./

The process during which a liquid slowly changes a gas is called _______.

Heat from the _____________________ causes ocean water to evaporate.

The process during which a gas changes to a liquid is called _____________________.

When the air cools, water vapor condenses on objects; for example, ________ forms ongrass.

Earth's water is constantly changing state by moving throught the __________ __________.

When water vapor rises, it cools and _________________ this forms clouds

When water evaporates for the leaves of plants, it is called ______________________

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are different forms of_________.