Name:

Water Cycle Vocabulary

Directions: Write the letter next to the correct definition.

1. _______ Falls to the Earth in

the form of rain, snow, A. Water cycle
sleet, hail

2. _______ provides heat, light B. Condensation

and energy

3. _______ Forms droplets of water C. Precipitation

as water vapors cool to
liquid form
D. Water vapor
4. _______ process where the suns
heat turns liquid into
gas (water Vapor) E. Surface water

5. _______ water such as lakes,

rivers, ponds, and F. Sun
streams

6. _______ process where water G. Evaporation

moves from the
ground, to the sky and
back to the ground again

7. _______ gas formed when water

evaporates