Water Cycle Vocabulary

The process where water moves between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere.

• Evaporation

• Water Cycle

• condensation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The change from a gas to a liquid.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The change from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• water cycle

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.

• groundwater

• precipitation

• Atmosphere

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, and hail.

• condensation

• evaporation

• atmosphere

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that is stored underground.

• Runoff

• Aquifer

• groundwater

• Pond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows across the Earth's surface.

• River

• runoff

• Stream

• Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of rock that stores groundwater.

• Runoff

• spring

• aquifer

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which is an example of a tw0-dimensional model.

• A globe

• A GPS

• A map

Which is an example of a three_dimensional model?

• A GPS

• A globe

• A map