Water Cycle Flashcards

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Evaporation

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The process in which a substance warms and changes from a liquid into a gas

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Condensation

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The process in which a gas cools and becomes a liquid

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Precipitation

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Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail

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Sublimation

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When a solid changes directly to a gas

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Transpiration

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the procedure of water evaporating from the surface of leaves

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Groundwater

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Precipitation that soaks deep into the ground

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Runoff

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Runoff is

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Water Cycle

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The continuous movement of water on earth

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