water cycle words Flashcards

(27 cards)

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absorb

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to suck up

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atmosphere

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the air all around the earth

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cloud

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a mass of tiny water droplets the air

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condensation

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gas to liquad

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collection

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when precipitation fall and runoff carries it to lake,ponds and the ocean

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estuary

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a river flows into a ocean creating salt water

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evaporation

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liquad to a gas

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freezing

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liquad to a soild

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glacler

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huge moving rives of ice

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ground water

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water in the ground

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humidity

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the measure of how much water in in the air

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ice berg

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large chunks of ice

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ice cap

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permanent sheets of ice

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lake

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a large body of water surrounded by water

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melting

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soild to a liquad

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ocean

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the largest body of water on earth

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percolation

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when water is absorbed in the ground

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porous

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tiny spaces or opening that lets water get adoused

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precipitation

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any form of water that falls from the sky

20
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natural resource

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necessary material found in nature

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river

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fresh water flowing in a channel

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runoff

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water that flows across the earth

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surface water

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visisble water on earths surface

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transpiration

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a process when water is released into the atmosephere

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water cycle
the constunt movement of water on earth
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water table
the highest level of water in the ground
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water vapor
water in its gas stute its invisible