Water Cycle Flashcards

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Water cycle

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Is how we get all of are materials out of water

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Evaporation

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When water turns from liquid to gas

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Condensation

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When water vapor turns into a cloud

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Precipitation

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When rain, snow, sleet, and hail fall from the sky

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Sublimation

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When water forms around an object

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Runoff

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When water from land goes. Down to the ocean or rivers or lake etc

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Water vapor

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Water vapor is the gas that turns into gas

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Transpiritation

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Is the process where plants absorb water through there roots and give off water vapor through their leaves

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Fog

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Clouds that grow at ground level

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Cumulus

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Clouds bring fair weather

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Stratus

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Low altitude gray

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Cirrus

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They form at 12,000 m altitude

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Thunderheads

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Very dark brings rain

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Rain

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Water that falls from clouds

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Hail

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Iced balls usually hard

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Snow

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White and a ball and falls from the clouds

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Sleet

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Frozen raindrop

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Freezing rain

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Usually called ice storm