Water Cycle

The process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas).

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• accumulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Heats water from oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams.

• sun

• wind

• soil

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that is absorbed by the soil and funneled down to groundwater

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers, or canals.

• runoff

• infiltration

• precipitation

• drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A long period of little or no rain

• drought

• runoff

• sun

• accumulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Water in the form of a gas

• drought

• precipitation

• water cycle

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).

• water vapor

• accumulation

• condensation

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4