water cycle words Flashcards

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absorb

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to suck up

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atmosphere

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the air all around the earth

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3
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cloud

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a mass of tiny water droplets the air

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4
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condensation

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gas to liquad

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5
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collection

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when precipitation fall and runoff carries it to lake,ponds and the ocean

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estuary

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a river flows into a ocean creating salt water

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evaporation

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liquad to a gas

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freezing

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liquad to a soild

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9
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glacler

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huge moving rives of ice

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10
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ground water

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water in the ground

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11
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humidity

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the measure of how much water in in the air

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12
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ice berg

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large chunks of ice

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13
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ice cap

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permanent sheets of ice

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lake

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a large body of water surrounded by water

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15
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melting

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soild to a liquad

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ocean

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the largest body of water on earth

17
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percolation

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when water is absorbed in the ground

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porous

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tiny spaces or opening that lets water get adoused

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precipitation

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any form of water that falls from the sky

20
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natural resource

A

necessary material found in nature

21
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river

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fresh water flowing in a channel

22
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runoff

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water that flows across the earth

23
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surface water

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visisble water on earths surface

24
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transpiration

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a process when water is released into the atmosephere

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water cycle

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the constunt movement of water on earth

26
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water table

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the highest level of water in the ground

27
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water vapor

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water in its gas stute its invisible