Water On Earth Flashcards

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Water Cycle

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A repeated movement of water through different forms

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Evaporation

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The changing of liquid water to water vapor

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Condensation

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Forms dew, and clouds

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Precipitation

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The water that falls from clouds as rain,sleet, or hail

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Runoff

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Moving down hill

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Accumulation

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Were water collects at the lowest point

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Sublimation

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Ice changing into water vapor(gas) without melting

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Frost

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Is when water vapor(gas)freezes without turning into a liquid

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Water vapor

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Water in the form of invisible gas

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Air pressure

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The pressure of air on objects

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Transpiration

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The evaporation from plants (water released from plants)

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ciruss

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A thin wispy white cloud that is made of ice crystals and the altitude is 12,000 meters above the ground

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Cumulonimbus

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Clouds that form vertically sometimes called thunderheads or vertical clouds. The altitude is 6,000 meters to 8,000 meters above the ground

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Cumulus

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Big puffy white, at the bottom it is darker because little sun can reach it the altitude is 6,000 meters above the ground

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Stratus

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The altitude is 2,000 meters above the ground. It is layered and covers the sky like a blanket

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Fog

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Fog is 0 meters above the ground. It is a stratus cloud, but it is at ground level

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Freezing rain

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When rain falls from a cloud and lands on an object that is under 32 F the rain freezes.

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Sleet

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When rain falls from a cloud but when gets close to an area on the ground that is below 32 F it turns into sleet

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Hail

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When the snow in a cloud gets blown by the wind the snow joins together, and falls as hail

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Snow

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Is when the snow in the cloud falls to the ground

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Rain

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Is when the snow that ally’s from clouds falls in an area close to the ground that is above 32 F