The water cycle Flashcards

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Precipitation

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Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth

Hail, rain, sleet, snow, drizzle

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Infilitation

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The process by which water soaks into the soil and rocks through cracks and pores

Goes into underground aquifers

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Condensation

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Condensation is the process where water vapor in the air becomes a liquid

It is the opposite of evaporation

Ohr naur cleor

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Evaporation

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Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

water going up

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Groundwater

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Groundwater is freshwater located in the subsurface pore space of soil and rocks will stop it is also water that is flowing with the aquifers below the water table

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Run-off

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The excess water that flows over the land surface when it cannot be absorbed by the soil

running down the mountain

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Transpiration

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Evaporation of water from plants

plant sweat

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