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."
Oceans
Rain falls from clouds to Earth's surface in the form of liquid water droplets.
Water moves continuously between Earth's surface and the atmosphere through the process of evaporation and condensation. Water evaporates from surfaces like bodies of water, soil, and plants, rising into the atmosphere as water vapor. Then, as the water vapor cools and condenses, it forms clouds and eventually falls back to the surface as precipitation, completing the continuous cycle of water movement.
When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.
That is precipitation, which is any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
rain
Oceans
Virga
Rain falls from clouds to Earth's surface in the form of liquid water droplets.
Water moves continuously between Earth's surface and the atmosphere through the process of evaporation and condensation. Water evaporates from surfaces like bodies of water, soil, and plants, rising into the atmosphere as water vapor. Then, as the water vapor cools and condenses, it forms clouds and eventually falls back to the surface as precipitation, completing the continuous cycle of water movement.
When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.
water vapor in the atmosphere condense and falls to earth surface as rain or snow
That is all grouped as precipitation.
Water evaporates from bodies of water, like the ocean or lakes, into the atmosphere. This water vapor then condenses in the atmosphere to form clouds. Eventually, the water falls back to the Earth's surface as precipitation, completing the water cycle.
That is precipitation, which is any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
When liquid water falls from the atmosphere, it is called rain.
The crystalline water that falls out of the cold atmosphere is known as snow. Snow forms when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals and then falls to the ground.