Relier Pairs Water Cycle Key Concepts (D)Version en ligne Match key concepts and definitions about the water cycle. par Kirk Villanueva 1 Evaporation of Rivers and Lakes. 2 Evaporation of Seawater 3 Precipitation 4 Wind. 5 Runoff 6 Infiltration 7 Condensation 8 Evaporation from plants and the ground. Moves the clouds. Water from rain and other sources flows along rivers and groundwater. Some of the water is absorbed into the ground. Water from rivers and lakes evaporates into the atmosphere. Water in plants and the ground evaporates into the atmosphere. The water falls to Earth in the form of snow, rain or hail. Water vapor cools and condenses, forming clouds. Heat causes the water in the sea to evaporate.