Water And Earth Flashcards

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1
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Water cycle

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1) steps of water

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2
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Evaporation

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2) when hot water and low pressure take water up in the air and form a cloud

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Condensation

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3) water that is collected.

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4
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Precipitation

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4)the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

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5
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Runoff

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5) when water goes down hill

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6
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Accumulation

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6) gathering of water

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7
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Sublimation

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7) when anything soiled turns into a gas

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8
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Frost

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8) a disposit of small ice crystals

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9
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Vertical cloud

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Cloud that brings storms

Know as thunderheads

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Cumulus clouds

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Clouds that are usually on a sunny day

The bottoms are dark because little sun light gets through

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Stratus cloud

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They are horizontal, and a layer the whole sky

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12
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Fog

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A cloud that it’s ground level

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13
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Rain

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Ice crystals that fall from the cloud that melt while they’re on their way down

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14
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Snow

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Water vapor frozen ice crystals

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15
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Sleet

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Ice pellets

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16
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Hail

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Freezing rain

17
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Freezing rain

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Falls from the clouds as ice crystals and then as water droplets and then if it’s 32° or below then it will turn into freezing rain