The Water Cycle Flashcards

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Water cycle

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The repeated movement of water though out the earth in different forms

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Evaporation

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The change of liquid into water vapor

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Condensation

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Water vapor turns into liquid

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Precipitation

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When water falls from clouds. Hail, sleet, snow, or rain

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Sublimation

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Ice changing into water vapor without it melting

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Runoff

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Water going down hill

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Water vapor

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Water in the form of gas

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Transpiration

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When a plant absorbs water though the roots

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Fog

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A cloud a ground level.

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Cumulus

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Heap or pile, big puffy clouds, looks like a cotton ball floating in the air

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Stratus

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Means layers, looks like a huge gray blanket in the sky

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Cirrus

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Means ringlet or curly lock of hair. Thin, wispy strands,

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Vertical cloud

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Also know as a thunder head or cumulonimbus, look like a big vertical cloud

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Rain

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When moisture condenses from the atmosphere that fall visibly into separate drops

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Hail

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Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers

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Snow

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Water vapor turned into ice crystals

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Sleet

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Form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets

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Freezing rain

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Is when rain falls below freezing