Water Cycle

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What is condensation?

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The process in which water vapor cools and becomes a liquid.

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What are the two forms of the water cycle when water turns into vapor and rises?

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Evaporation and condensation.

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What is the atmosphere?

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The layer where gases form a blanket around the Earth.

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What is the biosphere?

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The global ecosystem composed of living and non-living organisms.

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How does salt water from the ocean become fresh water in precipitation?

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Evaporation leaves salt in the ocean.

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What is evaporation?

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The process by which water turns into a gas.

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What is precipitation?

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The process by which water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth, such as rain or snow.

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What is transpiration?

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The process by which water is absorbed by plants and released as vapor into the atmosphere.

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What is the hydrosphere?

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The combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The hard layer of earth on the surface, including the crust and upper mantle.