Water Distribution & Water Cycle Vocabulary

Water Cycle (Hydrologic Cycle)

• water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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Groundwater

• water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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Infiltration

• water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

Tags

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Runoff

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

Tags

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Evaporation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

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Condensation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Precipitation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Transpiration

• the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants

• the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• the upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater

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Impermeable

• the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants

• materials that are porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

• a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• materials that do not allow water to pass through

Aquifer

• the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants

• materials that are porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through

• a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• materials that do not allow water to pass through

Tags

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