The Water Cycle Vocabulary

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What is the term for liquid water that falls back to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

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Precipitation

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What is the process called when water vapor turns from a gas into a liquid?

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Condensation

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What is the term for the continual movement of water between land, ocean, and the air?

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Water Cycle

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What do we call the draining away of water from the land’s surface into bodies of water, such as streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans?

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Run-off

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What are pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds called?

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Hail

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What is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes back into liquid water?

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Condensation

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What is the term for the process of water moving from the surface of the Earth into the atmosphere?

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Evaporation

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What is the name of the process where water vapor rises and cools, forming clouds?

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Cloud Formation

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What is the term for the water that is absorbed by the ground and replenishes groundwater supplies?

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Infiltration

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What is the term for the water that flows over the ground and returns to bodies of water?

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Surface Runoff

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