Water on Earth | Precipitation | General knowledge |
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What is Troposphere
It always contain about the same amount of water.
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What is precipitation
Water that falls from the air
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What are the types of water bodies
Lakes, rivers, sea, ocean
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What is Run-off
Water that runs off the surface of the ground and into rivers, lakes and sea.
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What is condensation
changing from vapour to liquid
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What is humidity
Amount of water vapours in the air
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What is hydrological cycle
It is another name for water cycle
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What is hailstone
When a water drop is sucked up into a storm cloud
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What is a reservoir
provides water for homes or industries
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What is transpiration
The water evaporates from leaves through this process
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What is snowflake
When water vapour freezes around a grain of dust
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What is fog
Thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere
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What is groundwater
It can fill underground reservoirs
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What is freezing rain
Raindrops that passes through colder air on the way down
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What is spring water
It is a component of the hydrosphere in which water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface
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