Water Cycle Practice Test Questions and Answers

Water Cycle Practice Test Questions and Answers condensation - ANSWER the process of changing from a gas to a liquid; occurs when water vapor is cooled evaporation - ANSWER the process of changing from a liquid to a gas: occurs when liquid water is heated precipitation - ANSWER the process water falling to Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail gas - ANSWER water vapor liquid - ANSWER water, water droplets solid - ANSWER ice, glacier, snow, hail water cycle - ANSWER the change of water from one state to another as it moves between Earth's surface and the atmosphere states of matter - ANSWER a form that matter can take -solid, liquid, or gas reservoir - ANSWER usually a large, man-made lake that stores large amounts of water for human use; a giant water storage atmosphere - ANSWER the air that surrounds Earth aquifer - ANSWER a giant reserve of groundwater -- usually stored in soft sedimentary rock such as limestone runoff - ANSWER water that moves downhill due to the force of gravity ocean - ANSWER where the majority of the water on Earth is contained; full of salt water groundwater - ANSWER water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. polar ice caps - ANSWER where most of the earth's fresh water is found; frozen water found at the poles water vapor - ANSWER water as an invisible gas clouds - ANSWER form when water droplets with dust particles inside clump together