Water On Earth Flashcards

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Water Cycle

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The Water Cycle is repeated movement of water though different form

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Evaporation

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The Changing of liquid water through water vapor

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Condensation

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When the air temperature is too cold they form clouds

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Precipitation

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When rain, snow, sleet, hail come to the ground

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Runoff

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When the water goes to the lakes, rivers, seas into the ocean

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Accumulation

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Where water collects at the lowest point

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Sublimation

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When ice turns into to water vapor without melting

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Frost

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When water vapor freezing without being in a liquid

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Transpiration

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The Evaporation of plants

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Cirrus clouds

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Thin, wispy, and white clouds

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Vertical clouds

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Forms vertically sometimes called thunder

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Culumus clouds

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Bottom is dark, blocks sunlight

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Stratus clouds

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The bottom layer of clouds

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Fog

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Stratus clouds on the ground

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Rain

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Ice crystals melting while in the air and in liquid form

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Snow

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Ice crystals not melting till all the way down.

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Sleet

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When they melt then freeze before they hit the ground

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Freezing Rain

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Melts and re freezes when they hit the ground

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Hail

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When strong winds blow upwards into a cloud