Vocab review #4 2024

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What is surface water?

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Precipitation that does not infiltrate the ground or return to the atmosphere by evaporation or transpiration.

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What is water vapor?

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Water in its gaseous form.

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What is sublimation?

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A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming a liquid.

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What does it mean to accumulate?

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To gather or collect above ground.

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What is salinity?

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A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

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What is infiltration?

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The process by which water enters the soil from the surface.

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What is condensation?

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The process by which water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water.

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What is evaporation?

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The process by which liquid water changes into water vapor.

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What is deposition?

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The process by which gas changes directly into a solid without becoming a liquid.

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What is groundwater?

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Water that is found underground in soil or rock layers.