Water Cycle Flashcards

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Water cycle

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Repeated movement of water threw different forms

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Evaporation

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The changing of liquid water to water vapor

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Condensation

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Water vapor turns into liquid water

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Precipitation

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Falls from clouds rain,snow or sleet

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Sublimation

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Ice changing into water vapor

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Run off

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When water is moving down hill

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Water vapor

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Invisible gas

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Transportation

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When a plant gets water threw there roots

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Fog

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Fog is the lowest cloud brings weather that you can not see

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Cumulus

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Puffy white brings fair weather

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Stratus

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Low altitude it is gray brings light drizzle

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Cirrus

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A high cloud brings fair weather looking like a feather

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Vertical cloud

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Grow vertically very dark brings rain

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Rain

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Starts as ice crystals and warms up and turns into liquid

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Hail

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Strong winds blow raindrops into the top of the cloud to form ice. Water adds on and then falls

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Sleet

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Starts as ice crystals and turns into rain. It falls threw cold air and freezes

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Freezing rain

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Falls as rain when it hits an object turns into ice