Earth and space science question

Question

1. fill in the process that causes each transition. Your choices are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, melting, and freezing.

1. Ocean -> Atmosphere _______________________

1. Atmosphere -> Clouds _______________________

1. Cloud -> Snow _______________________

1. Glacier (river of ice) -> River _______________________

1. Cloud -> Soil _______________________

Answer 1

1. Ocean -> Atmosphere
2. For the water from the ocean to get to the atmosphere, it must change from a liquid state to a gaseous state by way of evaporation.
3. Atmosphere -> Clouds
4. Water vapor in the atmosphere forms clouds by transitioning from a gaseous phase into particles of a liquid phase of water or solid phase of ice suspended in the air. This transition from vapor to liquid is condensation.
5. Cloud -> Snow
6. In cold temperatures, as the suspended particles in the cloud begin to fall, they collide with other ice crystals and accumulate, further freezing into snow.
7. Glacier (river of ice) -> River
8. A glacier transforms into a river due to the water changing from a solid to a liquid phase by way of melting.
9. Cloud -> Soil
10. Water vapor from a cloud returns to the soil by the process of precipitation, by which gravity pulls the water from the clouds resulting in rainfall.