Table of Contents
- 1 What stage moves water from a liquid to a gas in the atmosphere?
- 2 What is it called when water moves into the atmosphere?
- 3 In what process does water change from gas to liquid?
- 4 How is the atmosphere related to the water cycle?
- 5 Why does liquid water go into the atmosphere?
- 6 How does evaporation change water to water vapor?
What stage moves water from a liquid to a gas in the atmosphere?
Evaporation
Evaporation is a key step in the water cycle. Evaporation happens when a liquid turns into a gas. It can be easily visualized when rain puddles “disappear” on a hot day or when wet clothes dry in the sun. In these examples, the liquid water is not actually vanishing—it is evaporating into a gas, called water vapor.
What is it called when water moves into the atmosphere?
Water at the surface of the ocean, rivers, and lakes can become water vapor and move into the atmosphere with a little added energy from the Sun through a process called evaporation. And water vapor gets into the atmosphere from plants by a process called transpiration.
In what process does water change from gas to liquid?
Condensation is when a gas becomes a liquid. It happens when a gas, like water vapor, cools down. Photo from: Wikimedia Commons. Evaporation and condensation are two processes through which matter changes from one state to another.
During which of the following steps of the water cycle is water changed from a vapor state to a liquid state?
Condensation is the process where water vapor (a gas) changes into water droplets (a liquid). This is when we begin to see clouds. 5. Transportation is the movement of solid, liquid and gaseous water through the atmosphere.
How does water change from a gas to a liquid?
2 The atmosphere is cooler, so the drop of water would change from a gas back to a liquid through condensation. 4 The drop of water falls to the ground as rain and is absorbed as groundwater. 3 As more water vapor condenses into liquid, the drop of water will eventually drop to Earth’s surface as precipitation.
The water cycle is all about storing water and moving water on, in, and above the Earth. Although the atmosphere may not be a great storehouse of water, it is the superhighway used to move water around the globe. Evaporation and transpiration change liquid water into vapor, which ascends into the atmosphere due to rising air currents.
Why does liquid water go into the atmosphere?
Evaporation and transpiration change liquid water into vapor, which ascends into the atmosphere due to rising air currents. Cooler temperatures aloft allow the vapor to condense into clouds and strong winds move the clouds around the world until the water falls as precipitation to replenish the earthbound parts of the water cycle.
How does evaporation change water to water vapor?
3 As more water vapor condenses into liquid, the drop of water will eventually drop to Earth’s surface as precipitation. 1 Evaporation would change the drop of water to water vapor, a gas, which would rise into the atmosphere. 5 The groundwater flows into a river which empties back into the ocean.