Water cycle define Flashcards

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What is evaporation

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Liquid turning into gas💧🌫

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What is infiltration

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Water soaks into the soil

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3
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What is percolation

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Water soaks deep into the ground below the soil and rock Leah

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4
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What is condensation

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Gas turns into a liquid

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5
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What is a surface run-off

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The ground cannot absorb any more rainfall so water flows over the surface of the land

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What is the groundwater flow

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Water flows through the soil

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7
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What is precipitation

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Moisture falling from the sky like rain sleet hail and snow

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What is transpiration

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Water is lost through plants to the atmosphere

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9
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What is interception

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Rainfall is caused by plants before reaching the ground

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