Water Cycle Flashcards

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process

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  1. Evaporation / Transpiration
  2. Condensation (clouds form)
  3. Precipitation
  4. Subsurface Runoff
  5. Surface Runoff
  6. Accumulation
  7. Repeat
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This is a process where the water is heated and turned into a water vapor

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Evaporation

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main heat source for evaporation

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Sun

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the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere

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Transpiration

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The process in which water vapour ( a gas ) in the air turns into a liquid water

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Condensation

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This is where warm and cold air collide and form ice crystals that condense and form droplets of water

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Condensation

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The process in which water ( in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail ) falls from clouds in the sky.

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Precipitation

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Rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface stream rivers, or canal

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Surface Runoff

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Rain, snow melt or other water that flows in underground streams, drains or sewers

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Subsurface runoff

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10
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Process in which water pools in large bodies

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Accumulation

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The water seeps through the soil and ends up in the water table. It then flows into the streams, lakes, oceans and other bodies of water. This process is then repeated again and again

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Accumulation

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