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1
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what % of water on earth is salt water?

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97%

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2
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what water on earth is freshwater

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3%

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3
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where is the majority of freshwater found

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glacers,lake,rivers and ground water

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4
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where is the smaller % of fresh water

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5
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what is precipitation

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when water vapor in the air cools and condesneses to form liquid water or ice crystasls

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6
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what is runoff

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water running off the land surface

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7
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what is infiltrations

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water and becomes groundwater below the surface

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what is transpiration

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plants relese water vapor to the air through their leaves

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9
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what is evaporation

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when water enters the atmostophere as water vapor

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what is condensation

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water vapor colliides with other water milecules to form water droplets

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11
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what is the water cycle

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water on the land evaporates and laters comes back to the ground

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12
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what is an unsaturted zone for groundwater storage

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prosce area pass

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13
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what is a saturated zone for ground storge

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unarueted

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14
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what is a water table

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15
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what dose it mean if sediment is permeable

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16
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how are water springs formed

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17
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what is an artesian

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for the water table national

18
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when we drill aquifers