Name_____________________________________
The Water Cycle
1. What is another name for the water cycle? ________________________
2. Hydro is latin for _________________
3. Where do you find water on the earth?
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
c. _____________________________
d. _____________________________
Stage 1: _________________ & ___________________
4. _________________ is the change from liquid to vapor form.
5. Evaporation uses energy from the _____________.
6. When water evaporates from the plants it is a process called
___________________.
Stage 2: ______________________
7. Condensation is the process by which ________ ____________ in the air is
changed into _____________ _______________.
Stage 3: ____________________
8. ___________________ is water released from clouds.
9. How many gallons of water fall when 1 inch of rain falls on 1 acre of
land? _______________________
10. How much water is necessary to grow the potatoes for your next order of
fries? _____________________
Stage 4: ____________________ & ______________________
11. ____________________ is the variety of ways in which water moves across
the land.
Name_____________________________________
12. Name 4 ways runoff travels.
a. __________________________
b.__________________________
c. __________________________
d. _________________________
13. Precipitation that seeps into the ground and becomes a part of
groundwater is ___________________.
Stage 5: _____________________
14. _____________________ is the process in which water pools in large bodies
(oceans, seas, lakes).
15. Where is most of the water on the Earth located?