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HRW Earth Science: Chap 13
vocabulary: water and erosion
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8th Grade
02/14/2006

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Term
water cycle
Definition
a movement of water through the air and earth that repeats itself over and over again
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evaporation
Definition
process through which liquid water changes into water vapor
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transpiration
Definition
plants sweat water into the atmosphere
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evapotranspiration
Definition
processes of evaporation and transpiration
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runoff
Definition
water that flows over the land into streams and rivers
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groundwater
Definition
water that soaks deep into the soil and rocks underground
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condensation
Definition
when water vapor changes to liquid water
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precipitation
Definition
process by which water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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precipitation
Definition
process by which water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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water budget
Definition
gains and losses of water from a region
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desalination
Definition
process of removing salt from salt water
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tributaries
Definition
feeder stream little streams that go into a river to make it bigger
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tributaries
Definition
feeder stream little streams that go into a river to make it bigger
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watershed
Definition
land from which water runs off into a stream, or a drainage basin
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