Water Cycle Flashcards

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Water cycle

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The repeated movement of water through earth in 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

Clouds forms

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Sublimation

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Ice changes into water vapor without first melting

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Runoff

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Water moving downhill

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Precipitation

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Water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet,hail, or freezing rain

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Transpiration

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The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation form

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Fog

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Ground level cloud

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Cumulus

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Mid altitude clouds

Fair weather

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Stratus

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Low altitude clouds

Light rain/drizzle

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Cirrus

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High altitude clouds

Fair weather

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Vertical cloud/thunderhead/culionimbus

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Low to high altitude

Thunderstorms

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Rain

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Liquid water in the form of droplets that have been precipitated

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Freezing Rain

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Water droplets that freeze on impact on a object

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Sleet

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Frozen raindrops

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Snow

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Ice crystals

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Hail

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Layers of ice