Water from precipitation that stays on the surface, such as in lakes or streams is "surface water." Water which is absorbed into the ground (and stored in aquifers) is "ground water."
That is all grouped as precipitation.
Rain: The condensed water vapor that first evaporated from the earths surface (see water cycle)
Rain. Or precipitation.
As it falls through the atmosphere and heats up, the glowing streak of light is called a meteor. If fragments of the object actually get through the atmosphere and fall to the ground, the fragments are called meteorites.
Water returns to the atmosphere through evaporation. This occurs over oceans, lakes and rivers. Steam from a boiling kettle is water vapor returning to the atmosphere and this is the same principle that happens when the sun warms water.
Snow.
rain
Virga
Rain: The condensed water vapor that first evaporated from the earths surface (see water cycle)
Rain. Or precipitation.
water vapor in the atmosphere condense and falls to earth surface as rain or snow
That is all grouped as precipitation.
Meteorite
glow stone
A piece of space debris that falls to earth is commonly known as a meteorite. When knocked out of orbit during collisions with other space material, meteorites can travel through the atmosphere and make landfall.
Cold, denser air falls
The water cycle creates weather. Water evaporates from the surface of the ground and plants. It condenses in the upper atmosphere and then falls back to the ground as rain.
meteorite