Relier Pairs Water Cycle Vocabulary Version en ligne Students will match vocabulary words to definitions based on the water cycle. par Marissa St Ours 1 Evaporation 2 Transpiration 3 Water changes states between _______,_______,_______ 4 The Water Cycle 5 Condensation 6 Precipitation 7 Oceans The constant flow of processes of water circulating between Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land. Involves precipitation, drainage, evaporation, and transpiration. liquid, vapor, and ice Body of water that is the main source of evaporation. The beginning of the water cycle, where water turns into a vapor as It absorbs heat energy from the sun. Water droplets combine to make bigger droplets and fall down to Earth's atmosphere due to temperature changes. Water vapor in the atmosphere transfers into particles of water droplets due to low temperatures and high altitudes. Water returns to earth and is absorbed into soil, plants use the water by transferring the liquid water into a water vapor.