Water On Earth Flashcards

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Water Cycle

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Water changing form

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Evaporation

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Water becoming gas

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Condensation

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Water turning into clouds

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Precipitation

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When water returns to earth as rain or snow

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5
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Runoff

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Water moving downhill

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Accumulation

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Water collecting at the lowest point.

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Sublimation

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Ice changing into water vapor without melting first

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Frost

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Water vapor that freezes without becoming a liquid

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Transpiration

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Is the process of moister moving through root of plants to pores on the bottom of leaves

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Cirrus clouds

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Wispy strips of fluffy looking clouds. They are the clouds you see when its going to be a nice day

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Vertical clouds

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Clouds that’s go in a vertical fluffy line. They are high up in the atmosphere and they are dark on the bottom. Bring thunderstorms.

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Cumulus clouds

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Fluffy cotton-like clouds that are flat at the bottom.

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Stratus clouds

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Shaped like a big puffy blanket across the sky found at 2,000m

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Fog

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A type of cloud that is thick and hard to see through. Found at 0m.

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Rain

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A wet water-y form of percipitation.

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Snow

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A thick frozen form of water

17
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Sleet

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A thin of form of ice that is slippery and forms when it hits freezing temperatures.

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Hail

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Hailstones fall from clouds and can dent cars.

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Freezing rain

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Frozen rain that forms in clouds