Water Cycle
The movement of water through Earth's spheres.
evaporation
Heat energy from the sun changes water from a liquid to a gas. The water vapor travels from a body of water on the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere.
transpiration
Groundwater travels up the roots and stem of the plant and out tiny holes in the leaves.
condensation
This part of the water cycle creates clouds. Cool temperatures cause water vapor (gas) to change into liquid droplets.
Precipitation
Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
Runoff
When rain flows along the surface of the Earth into large bodies of water.
Infiltration
The point where water hits the soil.
Collection
Places where water on earth is stored. These locations include the surface of Earth, in the ground and in the atmosphere.
Percolation
The movement of water through the layers of soil.
Transpiration
How does water travel from a plant to a cloud?
Cellular respiration
During what process is water vapor transferred from an animal to a cloud?
Evaporation
Heat is absorbed during this phase of the water cycle.
Condensation
Heat is released during this phase of the water cycle.
ground water
the water beneath the surface of the ground...source of water for wells & springs
water table
The surface under the ground below which is saturated with water
discharge
Water (& sediments, etc.) that are emptying from one moving source (stream or river) into another moving or still source (river or lake)
Aquifer
any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, esp. one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc
Evapotranspiration
The sum of evaporation & transpiration
Permeability
the capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through its pore spaces.
Impermeable
Does not allow the passage of a fluid