Water Cycle Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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The set of processes energized by the sun that keeps water moving from place to place on Earth
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Water Cycle
2
Q
The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor, (a gas) is called
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Evaporation
3
Q
The process in which vapor (gas) turns into a liquid
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Condensation
4
Q
The process in which water evaporates from plants into the atmosphere
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Transpiration
5
Q
Water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow sleet or hail
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Precipitation
6
Q
Water that flows from the land into streams, rivers and oceans
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Surface Runoff
7
Q
The COLLECTION of precipitation into rivers, lake, streams, oceans and other bodies of water
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Accumulation
