Unit 4: Water Cycle Vocab

Front

Continuous movement of water on Earth

Back

water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

Changing a liquid to a gas

Back

evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

Gas cools to liquid

Back

condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Front

Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

Back

precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

A slow-moving body of flowing ice on land

Back

glacier

Front

Large underground water supplies

Back

Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Front

A human-made water storage place.

Back

Reservoir

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Front

Swirling movement that moves ocean water globally.

Back

circulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Rising and falling ocean movements due to gravity

Back

tides

Front

Amount of salt in water

Back

salinity