Wegscheid Water Cycle 6Th Grade

Front 1

water vapor

Back 1

the invisible, gaseous form of water

Front 2

water cycle

Back 2

the continous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back passing through biotic and abiotic parts of the environment

Front 3

groundwater

Back 3

water present underground in porous rock strata and soils; comes to the surface through wells and springs

Front 4

evaporation

Back 4

the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid, such as water, abosorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state, such as water vapor

Front 5

transpiration

Back 5

the process through which water is lost theough a plant's leaves

Front 6

precipitation

Back 6

forms of water such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth's surface

Front 7

irrigation

Back 7

the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops

Front 8

water table

Back 8

the top of the saturated zone, or depth to groundwater in an aquifer

Front 9

aquifer

Back 9

an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water

Front 10

watershed

Back 10

the land area that supplies water to a river system