water cycle words Flashcards
absorb
to suck up
atmosphere
the air all around the earth
cloud
a mass of tiny water droplets the air
condensation
gas to liquad
collection
when precipitation fall and runoff carries it to lake,ponds and the ocean
estuary
a river flows into a ocean creating salt water
evaporation
liquad to a gas
freezing
liquad to a soild
glacler
huge moving rives of ice
ground water
water in the ground
humidity
the measure of how much water in in the air
ice berg
large chunks of ice
ice cap
permanent sheets of ice
lake
a large body of water surrounded by water
melting
soild to a liquad
ocean
the largest body of water on earth
percolation
when water is absorbed in the ground
porous
tiny spaces or opening that lets water get adoused
precipitation
any form of water that falls from the sky
natural resource
necessary material found in nature
river
fresh water flowing in a channel
runoff
water that flows across the earth
surface water
visisble water on earths surface
transpiration
a process when water is released into the atmosephere
water cycle
the constunt movement of water on earth
water table
the highest level of water in the ground
water vapor
water in its gas stute its invisible