Water Cycle Vocab Flashcard

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The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth

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Water Cycle

Front

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean

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run-off

Front

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

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transpiration

Front

Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

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precipitation

Front

The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.

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condensation

Front

the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat

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evaporation