The Water Cycle: Vocabulary

An educational illustration of the water cycle featuring evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff, with colorful graphics and labels for each process.

Water Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

Test your knowledge of essential vocabulary related to the water cycle with our engaging quiz! This quiz is designed for students and anyone interested in enhancing their understanding of hydrological processes.

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Condensation

The act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid

Something that joins ties or fastens together

The gases surrounding the earth

The process of water droplets floating into the air

Pronoun

Names a person, place, or thing

A series of actions used to produce something or reach a goal

The earth's solid surface; land

A word that can take the place of a noun or noun phrase

Cycle

The act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid

A circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern

The energy source that drives the water cycle

Water droplets that fall from the sky

Runoff

Water that infiltrates the ground

A substance that is very important to living things and covers almost 75% of the Earth's surface

Water droplets that fall from the sky

Water that flows downhill into streambeds

Noun

Formed in the air when water vapor cools

When energy from the sun causes liquid water to change into water vapor

Names a person, place, or thing

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

Evaporation

The act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid

When energy from the sun causes liquid water to change into water vapor

Water droplets that fall from the sky

The gases surrounding the Earth

Process

The energy source that drives the water cycle

Water that infiltrates the ground

Something that joins ties or fastens together

A series of actions used to produce something or reach a goal

Bonds

Something that joins, ties, or fastens together

When animals release water vapor to the atmosphere

A circle of events that repeats in a regular pattern

Water that infiltrates the ground

Atmosphere

The energy source that drives the water cycle

The Earth's solid surface

The gases surrounding the Earth

Formed in the air when water vapor cools

Precipitation

A substance that is very important to living things and covers almost 75% of the Earth's surface

Water droplets that fall from the sky

The act or process of changing from a gas to a liquid

A series of actions used to produce something or reach a goal

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