water cycle 2

Question 1

to take in or suck up

Answer 1

absorb

Question 2

atmosphere

Answer 2

the air all around the earth

Question 3

collection

Answer 3

when precipitation falls from the sky and runoff carries it to lakes

Question 4

an area when river flows into an ocean creating a mix of saltwater and freshwater

Answer 4

estuary

Question 5

evaporation

Answer 5

the process when liquid changes to a gas

Question 6

the process when a liquid changes to a solid

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freezing

Question 7

huge moving river of ice

Answer 7

glacier

Question 8

water in the ground

Answer 8

groundwater

Question 9

humidity

Answer 9

the measure of water vapor in the air

Question 10

ice berg

Answer 10

large chunks of ice floating in the ocean

Question 11

thick permanent sheets of ice that covers the north and south pole

Answer 11

ice cap

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lake

Answer 12

a large body of water surrounded by land

Question 13

the process when a solid changes to a liquid

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melting

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ocean

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the largest bodies of saltwater on earth

Question 15

precipitation

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any from of water that falls from the sky

Question 16

filled with spaces that allow water to be absorbed

Answer 16

porous

Question 17

percolation

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the process when water absorbs into the ground

Question 18

natural resource

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a useful tradeable material found in nature

Question 19

river

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fresh water flowing the the river

Question 20

water the flows across the world

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runoff

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surface water

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visible water on earth’s surface

Question 22

transpiration

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the process when water vapor is released in the air by plants leaves

Question 23

water cycle

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the constant movement on earth

Question 24

the highest level of soil

Answer 24

water table

Question 25

water vapor

Answer 25

water vapor in its gas state it is invisible