Memory Water cycleVersión en línea Match the word with its meaning. por Annalisa Farrugia Transpiration Water cycle A type of rainfall that occurs when air rises as it is heated by the hot ground below. Any form in which water falls from the sky. A type of rainfall that occurs when warm air meets a mountain. The loss of water from vegetation. Frontal rainfall The movement of water between air, sea and land. A type of rainfall that occurs when a warm airmass meets a cold airmass. Hygroscopic nuclei The boundary between two air masses. Condensation Relief rainfall The critical temperature at which air becomes saturated. Precipitation Front Convectional rainfall Dew point The loss of moisture from water surfaces and the soil. When water vapour changes back to water droplets. Evaporation A solid surface such as dust, over which condensation occurs.