Water Cycle

1. Water that has been heated to a gas.
6. THE ______ THE AIR, the more WATER VAPOR it can hold.
7. The process of water turning into a vapor.
9. Small, usually round pieces of ice that fall from the sky.
12. the evaporation of water from plants
13. Frozen rain.
14. These form in the sky when water vapor condenses into water droplets.
15. cycle The process of water moving through the world by precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.
16. What provides the energy that drives the water cycle?
17. Occurs when a cloud of very small water droplets in the air form close to the earth’s surface.

2. The process of water droplets or ice crystals falling from the sky.
3. After precipitation falls to Earth’s surface, this water will flow down to a collection point.
4. Body of salt water that nearly covers 3/4 of the earth’s surface.
5. Water droplets that fall from the sky.
8. the molecule made up of 1 hydrogen atom and 2 oxygen atoms
10. The COLDER THE AIR, the ______ WATER VAPOR it can hold.
11. The process of water vapor cooling and changing to liquid
13. Ice crystals that fall from the sky.
14. oceans, lakes, icebergs, puddles, rivers and streams are examples of