Water Cycle

The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

• Water Cycle

• Water Storage

• WaterShed

• Water Absorption

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the process in which solid changes directly into a gas

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What drives the water cycle?

• rain

• temperature

• the Sun

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4