Water On Earth Flashcards

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Water Cycle

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Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms

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Evaporation

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When water turns into water vapor

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Condensation

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When gas turns into gas

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Precipitation

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Water falls from clouds as, rain, snow, or sleet

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Runoff

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When water flows down hill

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Sublimation

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ice changing to water vapor without first melting

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Frost

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Water vapor freezes without becoming liquid

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Transpiration

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When water from plant leaves evaporate

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Cirrus Clouds

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A thin wispy clouds that it is found in the atmosphere around 12,000 meters.

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Vertical Clouds

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Vertically formed and found in the atmosphere around 8,000 meters to around 4,000 meters

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Cumulus Clouds

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They are puffy and circle like

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Stratus Clouds

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Rain clouds that are very dark

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Fog

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Basically a stratus cloud on ground level

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Accumulation

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Water collecting at the lowest point

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15
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Rain

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Precipitation

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Snow

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When ice crystal fall through air is at freezing point

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Sleet

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When ice crystals melt in warm air then freeze in cold air

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Hail

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When ice crystals join together and wind pushes them together until they fall

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Freezing rain

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When ice crystal melt and hit an object that is a freezing point or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit