Water On Earth Flashcards

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Water cycle

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The repeated movement of water

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Evaporation

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Changing of liquid water wapor

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Condensation

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Forms dew and helps forms clouds

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Precipitation

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Rain

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5
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Runoff

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When water is moving downhill

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Accumulation

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Where water reaches and stops like ocean ,lake, and much more

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Sublimation

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Ice changes to water vapor without melting

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Frost

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Water vapor freezes without melting

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Cirrus cloud

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Thin, wispy, white, high altitude, nice weather, made of ice crystals

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Vertical clouds

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Bring thunder storms, sometimes called thunder heads, stretch out.

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Cumulus cloud

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Mid level, look dark on the bottom because little sun light gets through, small and puffy

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Stratus cloud

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Low altitude, covers the sky, layered and looks dark because they don’t let light through.

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Fog

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Fog is a stratus clouds and touches the ground.

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14
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Transporation

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through the roots and then I’ve off water vapor

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15
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Rain

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Water droplets that fall from the sky

Made when water droplets connects to a dust particle and falls

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16
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Snow f

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Frozen rain

Forms when it is under 32 degrees F

17
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Sleet

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When rain freezes it is Called sleet

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Hail

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Hard falling lumps of ice that could be as big as a baseball

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Freezing rain

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Ice that form on thing that are below 32 degrees F