The Water Cycle

When water travels through soil and rock

• condensation

• infiltration

• evaporation

• transpiration

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Water cycle

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• to unload or empty the contents of something

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

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Evaporation

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• to unload or empty the contents of something

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

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Transpiration

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• to unload or empty the contents of something

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

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groundwater discharge

• the process in which a liquid turns to a gas

• the giving off of water vapor by plants

• when water emerges back to the surface of the Earth and flows into stream beds (rivers, seas, lakes, oceans, etc.)

• the repeated changes that water goes through on the earth; includes precipitation, evaporation, condensation and collection

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By which process does water move from Earth's surface into aquifers?

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

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Infiltration: when a substance travels though another material, like when water travels down through soil and rock.

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The process by which water vapor turns from a gas to a liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

• precipitation

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This is when water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. Most will infiltrate (soak into) the ground and will collect as underground water.

• evaporation

• transpiration

• collection

• groundwater discharge

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The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 1?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

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The diagram shows the movement of water on Earth.

What part of the water cycle is represented by number 2?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

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