water cycle

Front

What is the process called when plants give off moisture and release water into the air?

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Transpiration

Front

What is an underground layer of sand, gravel, or rock that stores and carries water called?

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Aquifer

Front

What do we call water that runs off the land surface?

Back

Run-off

Front

What is the term for the top of the water surface in a saturated part of an aquifer?

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Water table

Front

What is the process called that turns frozen water directly into water vapor, skipping the melting stage?

Back

Sublimation

Front

What is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth called?

Back

Water cycle

Front

What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

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Condensation

Front

What is the term for the process of water soaking into the ground?

Back

Infiltration

Front

What is the term for the process of water vapor changing into ice without becoming liquid first?

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Deposition

Front

What is the term for the water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?

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Precipitation