Vocabulary: The Water Cycle

The change of water from one state to another as it travels from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Water Cycle

• Respiration

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Source of energy for all cycles on Earth,

such as the water cycle and food

chains/food webs

• Groundwater

• Transpiration

• Water Cycle

• Sun

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A large body of saltwater

• Groundwater

• Ocean

• Surface water

• Sun

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The process of changing from a liquid to a gas, usually caused by energy from the sun

• Respiration

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

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The process of changing from a gas to a liquid, such as water vapor changing into water

• Respiration

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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Water falling to the surface of the Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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Water from rain or melted snow that flows along Earth’s surface into bodies of water

• Accumulation

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Ground water

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A part of the water cycle in which water collects in large bodies of water

• Accumulation

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Ground water

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The usable freshwater that moves over Earth’s surface and is located in creeks, rivers, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs

• Accumulation

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Ground water

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Water that drains through soil and rocks and collects in underground reservoirs

• Accumulation

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Ground water

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