Practice quiz

A substance that is very important to us.Organisms need it to live, and it covers over two thirds of the surface of the Earth.

A large body of water on the surface of the earth

A process in which liquid water turns into water vapor

When plants release water vapor through pores in their leaves back into the atmosphere

A fluffy looking object in the sky that contains tiny water droplets or ice particles. It is formed when water vapor condenses.

this type of precipitation starts as snow but turns to rain before it hits the warm ground

This type of precipitation is water that falls from the clouds in a liquid form

A large, slowly moving sheet of ice

A large, flowing body of water that usually empties into reservoirs like oceans or seas

The process in which water circulates from the oceans to the clouds to the land, flows through rivers and accumulates back into the oceans

A process in which water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid form

This type of precipitation is water that falls from the clouds in a fluffy. frozen state

The process in which water falls from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet

In transpiration, water from these objects evaporates into the atmosphere

This type of precipitation is water that falls from the clouds in the form of tiny ice crystals