Water Cycle Vocabulary Flashcards

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The set of processes energized by the sun that keeps water moving from place to place on Earth

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Water Cycle

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The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor, (a gas) is called

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Evaporation

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The process in which vapor (gas) turns into a liquid

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Condensation

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The process in which water evaporates from plants into the atmosphere

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Transpiration

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Water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow sleet or hail

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Precipitation

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Water that flows from the land into streams, rivers and oceans

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Surface Runoff

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The COLLECTION of precipitation into rivers, lake, streams, oceans and other bodies of water

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Accumulation

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