Water cycle Flashcards

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1
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Evaporation

A

When water is warm by the sun

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Water vapor

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It is a gas

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Runoff

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When water on a mountain flows off and into a river or lake or stream

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Precipitation

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Rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls to the ground

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4
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Condensation

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The conversions of vapor and gas into water

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5
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Sublimation

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Its where matter transitions from a solid to a gas without a problem

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6
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Transpiration

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When a plant absorbs water into its roots

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Fog

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A cloud at ground level with a little drizzle

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Cumulus

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A cloud forming rounded into masses that are heaped onto each other

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Stratus

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A cloud formed into a continuous horizontal gray sheet

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Cirrus

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Clouds creating wispy tufted streaks

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Vertical cloud

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A cloud that goes up in the air vertically and take up most of the length of the sky

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12
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Rain

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When water vapor condenses

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13
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Hail

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It is made when it updrafts into a thunderstorm

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Snow

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When water vapor freezes before it turns into a liquid

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15
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Freezing rain

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They are made of rain and below freezing level surfaces

16
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Water cycle

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Cycle that keeps going for all of eternity

17
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Sleet

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Rain and freezing temperatures