Relier Pairs Water CycleVersion en ligne Match the Picture/Vocabulary Word with the Definition. Identify the different stages/components of the Water Cycle. Water on Earth is millions of years old and is constantly being recycled. The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. par Jamie Freschezza 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The water cycle is a phenomenon where water moves through the three phases: 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ The _____ energy heats water, causing the water to evaporate into a gas called water vapor. Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called _____________. When a gas turns into a liquid. _________________ is the process by which plants lose water out of their leaves. This process also gives evaporation a bit of a hand in getting the water vapor back up into the air. ____________ is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air. When a liquid turns into a gas. The _______ stores the largest amount of the water on Earth’s surface. Large amounts of water from the ________ also evaporate into the atmosphere. ______________: the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system. As the water pours down (in various form), it leads to ________. This is the process where water runs over the surface of earth. When the snow melts into water it also leads to ________. As water runs over the ground it displaces the top soil with it and moves the minerals along with the stream. It combines to form channels, rivers and ends up into lakes, seas and oceans. _______________ occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. __________ pulls rain and snow down to Earth from the atmosphere through a process called precipitation. __________ also pulls water from elevated areas such as mountains and hills down into lakes, oceans, and water reservoirs.